PT Industri Padi Nusantara Collaborates with Unhas and Chinese Research Institutions to Develop Superior Rice Seeds
PT Industri Padi Nusantara (IPN) signed a cooperation agreement in the field of research and development for rice seed breeding with Universitas Hasanuddin, Senyuanda Ecological Environmental Group Co Ltd, and the Guangdong Institute of Modern Agricultural Equipment at the Kunlun Hotel in Beijing, China, on Wednesday (8 April 2026).
“This cooperation will be funded by PT IPN to support the provision of superior rice seeds that produce at least 12 tonnes of rice per hectare per harvest, on 5,000 hectares of rice fields owned by PT Silampari Agro Nusantara (SAN), a subsidiary of PT IPN in Musi Rawas Regency, South Sumatra,” said IPN President Director Andi Nursyam Halid in a press release received on Monday (13 April 2026).
According to him, PT SAN’s agricultural land in Tulang Bawang Regency, Lampung, covering 5,000 hectares, and Merauke Regency, Papua, covering 10,000 hectares, will also be cultivated using these superior rice seeds. “Various research facilities provided by PT IPN, a subsidiary of PT Nusantara Halid, and Universitas Hasanuddin will be facilitated by PT Grand Seleron Investama, a business partner of PT Nusantara Halid,” he added.
The cooperation agreement was signed by IPN President Director Andi Nursyam Halid, Universitas Hasanuddin Rector Prof Dr Jamaluddin Jompa, and Dr Jinshi Jia, Director of Senyuanda Ecological Environmental Group Co Ltd, who also represented the Guangdong Institute of Modern Agricultural Equipment.
The signing was witnessed by Prof Dr (HC) Nurdin Halid as the founder of PT Nusantara Halid, Andi Muhammad Zunnun Nurdin Halid (IPN’s main commissioner), Nani Rahayu (commissioner of PT Nusantara Mineral Sukses Abadi), Andi Al Bisri Nurdin Halid (commissioner of PT Nusantara Mineral Sukses Abadi), Prof Dr Rismaneswati (Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Universitas Hasanuddin), and Prof Dr Jafar Hafsah.
PT IPN also signed a financing agreement for breeding equipment with Senyuanda Ecological Environmental Group Co Ltd and Guangdong Hongke Agriculture Machinery R&D Co Ltd. Various agricultural equipment required from land preparation to harvesting has a total investment of €35 million.
“All the equipment will be sent to the breeding and rice cultivation sites of PT SAN in Musi Rawas Regency. Meanwhile, rice milling will soon be built in Tulang Bawang Regency, Lampung, with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year for the first phase, which will subsequently be increased to 400,000 tonnes per year,” said Andi Nursyam Halid.
He explained that the rice milling factory will serve as a processing centre for unmilled rice from farmers in Tulang Bawang and surrounding areas located in the Integrated Industrial Zone. Previously, IPN signed an MoU with the Lampung Provincial Government and the Tulang Bawang Regency Government to build an integrated industrial zone covering 1,400 hectares, located near the 5,000-hectare rice cultivation land there.
The day before, the delegation visited seed development facilities, a rice milling equipment factory, and a rice milling site with a capacity of 160,000 tonnes per year in Yangzhou Regency, Jiangsu Province, China.
This visit served as a study tour for research and development materials on superior rice seeds in Indonesia, with all laboratory facilities to be built by PT IPN in Musi Rawas, Tulang Bawang, and Merauke.
The delegation also included Abdul Rahman Zainuddin (IPN’s operations director), Andi M Rifki Naufal (IPN director), Rodi Wijaya (director of PT Silampari Agro Nusantara, IPN’s subsidiary), Andi M Natsir Halid, and Mardianto.
The Universitas Hasanuddin team of rice breeding and cultivation experts also joined, including Prof Dr Rinaldi Sjahril, Prof Dr Yunus Musa, and Dr M Fuad Anhori. They conducted the study tour for research purposes.
On the same day, they visited the office and factory of an agri-farm engaged in grain drying and storage, rice milling, animal feed factory production, integrated chicken farm production, cattle and dairy farming, oil factory production from grains, and other grain processing.