Breadfruit

Breadfruit

During his meeting with fishermen in Muara Karang, North
Jakarta, recently, President Soeharto suggested that the
fishermen grow breadfruit when the weather is too bad to go to
sea. The produce, according to the President, can be exported.

I learned that the Indonesian Technical Institute is doing
research on the processing of breadfruit into flour. Breadfruit
flour has lower cholesterol than wheat flour.

If the results of the research are positive the new product
will be able to compete with wheat, which has to be imported from
foreign countries like Australia. This will encourage farmers to
grow breadfruit trees in addition to growing oil palm trees.

To the state, the fruit trade would obviously bring in foreign
exchange which means another source of income for the nation.

H. G. MALIKMASS

Jakarta