TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Department of Industry wants to reindustrialize all sectors, including the coconut industry, a tropical plant spread around the archipelago.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is part of the national reindustrialization policy,\u201d said Deputy Minister of Industry Alex Retraubun at a press conference in his office, Jakarta, Thursday (8\/4).<\/p>\n
According to Alex, the reindustrialization policy from 2010 to 2014 targets a growth of the strong coconut treatment industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an Indonesian competence which has been disregarded for long,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Alex confirmed that the Department of Industry will increase the productivity of the coconut treatment industry which is still being managed conventionally.<\/p>\n
Currently, said Alex, the coconut industry has not been managed optimally so its added value is still low.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has 3.8 hectares of coconut plantations, 98 percent of which is owned by farmers.<\/p>\n
The three biggest coconut plantation areas are in Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi.<\/p>\n
Alex explained that the coconut processing reindustrialization will directly affect farmers at the base level.<\/p>\n
In the future, said Alex, the measure that will be taken is to increase raw material supply.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next will be to maximize the processing industry capacity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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