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        "id": 1674937,
        "msgid": "agriculture-minister-affirms-that-consumption-sugar-self-sufficiency-target-remains-on-track-for-2027-1776088249",
        "date": "2026-04-13 19:44:12",
        "title": "Agriculture Minister affirms that consumption sugar self-sufficiency target remains on track for 2027",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Agriculture",
        "summary": "Indonesian Agriculture Minister and National Food Agency Head Andi Amran Sulaiman has reaffirmed the government's commitment to achieving self-sufficiency in white sugar by 2027, despite ongoing challenges in production and distribution. He emphasised protecting local sugarcane farmers by preventing the leakage of refined sugar into the consumer market, which undermines prices and harms producers. The government is coordinating with law enforcement to strictly penalise such violations, with recent actions taken in regions like Central Java and South Kalimantan.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Agriculture Minister and Head of the National Food\nAgency Andi Amran Sulaiman has affirmed that the target for\nself-sufficiency in consumption sugar by 2027 remains on track and will\nnot be delayed, despite facing various challenges in national production\nand distribution. \u201cOur target is white sugar self-sufficiency next year.\nThat is our target. Hopefully, it won\u2019t miss the mark again,\u201d the\nMinister stated when met after attending the Meeting to Accelerate the\nRealisation of Funding for Paddy Absorption Equivalent to Rice at\nBulog\u2019s Jakarta office on Monday. He assured that the government is\ncommitted to maintaining this target by strengthening protections for\nsugarcane farmers to enable increased production and sustainably meet\ndomestic consumption sugar needs. According to him, one key step is\npreventing the seepage of refined sugar into the consumer market, which\nhas previously been seen as damaging prices and harming local sugarcane\nfarmers. \u201cThat must not seep in. Refined sugar must not seep in. Those\nwho do it are betraying Indonesian farmers, sugarcane farmers. That must\nnot happen again in 2026,\u201d he said. The government has also coordinated\nwith law enforcement authorities to firmly address violations, including\ncases previously found in several regions such as Central Java and South\nKalimantan. \u201cIf that happens, we coordinate with law enforcement, and it\nis dealt with firmly. Last time, there were firm actions in Central\nJava, South Kalimantan, and other areas. That must not be allowed,\u201d he\nstressed.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/agriculture-minister-affirms-that-consumption-sugar-self-sufficiency-target-remains-on-track-for-2027-1776088249",
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