Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Ministry of Agriculture will include coffee as one of the commodities to be prioritized in the plantation revitalization program next year, a minister said.<\/p>\n
Agriculture Minister Suswono said here on Saturday that at present the plantation revitalization program only included three commodities, namely oil palm, rubber and cacao.<\/p>\n
\"Coffee is also a strategic commodity for rural economy. Therefore, we will included coffee as one of the commodities in the plantation revitalization program next year,\" the minister said.<\/p>\n
He said that by including in the plantation revitalization priority program, coffee was expected to raise farmers` income and export earnings from the commodity.<\/p>\n
Earlier when he observed the Coffee Research Center in Jember, East Java, the agriculture minister said that the government would increase the development of Arabica coffee.<\/p>\n
The government planned to develop arabica coffee because this type of coffee had contributed 30 percent to national coffee production so that it was expected to increase in the future.<\/p>\n
\"It is also expected to increase national bio diversity and natural resources,\" he said. (*)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/coffee-to-be-included-in-plantation-revitalization-program-1290926705", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }