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        "id": 1816169,
        "msgid": "core-urges-prioritisation-of-coconut-downstreaming-in-smallholder-plantation-programme-1782111305",
        "date": "2026-06-22 13:03:38",
        "title": "CORE Urges Prioritisation of Coconut Downstreaming in Smallholder Plantation Programme",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "CORE Indonesia researcher Eliza Mardian argues that coconut should be a priority commodity in the government's downstreaming programme for smallholder plantations, citing its significant untapped potential for added value. Despite Indonesia's large exports of raw coconut, the value of processed products like copra remains low compared to competitors such as the Philippines. She highlights the need to overcome downstream industry challenges to boost exports of higher-value processed coconut goods.",
        "content": "<p>Researcher Eliza Mardian from the Center of Reform on Economics\n(CORE) Indonesia has urged that coconut be made a priority commodity in\nthe downstreaming programme for smallholder plantations, given its\nsubstantial room for value addition. \u201cSo far, coconut downstreaming has\nnot been extensive, as evidenced by Indonesia still exporting a large\namount in the form of whole coconuts,\u201d Eliza told ANTARA in Jakarta on\nMonday. She noted that strengthening downstreaming is necessary so that\nIndonesia does not merely serve as a supplier of raw materials, but is\nalso able to increase exports of processed, value-added products. Data\nfrom the Ministry of Agriculture shows that the export value of coconut\nand its processed products reached approximately 2.48 billion US\ndollars, equivalent to around Rp44.2 trillion, from January to October\n2025. Eliza stated that this significant demand indicates the economic\npotential of coconut would be even greater if more is processed\ndomestically. She pointed out that the development of the downstream\ncoconut industry in Indonesia still faces challenges, with the export\nvalue of copra, for example, only reaching around 52 million US dollars,\nwhile exports of other derivative products also remain insignificant.\nEliza added that Indonesia\u2019s exports of crude coconut oil in 2024 were\naround 333 thousand tonnes, lower than the Philippines\u2019 exports of\napproximately 986 thousand tonnes.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/core-urges-prioritisation-of-coconut-downstreaming-in-smallholder-plantation-programme-1782111305",
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