RI organic fertilizers to Malaysia

RI organic fertilizers to Malaysia

Fertilizer company PT Rajawali Phara Jaya shipped on Monday
the first export of 300 tons of organic fertilizers under the
brand of Rajawali Fertilizer to neighboring Malaysia.

Company president Denny Pondaag, said overseas market was more
promising to sell organic fertilizers due to farmers' improved
awareness about the need for a clean environment.

"Local plantation companies are only thinking about their
profit and investment and are rarely concerned about the
environment," he said.

The shipment was inaugurated by the Secretary-General of the
Ministry of Agriculture Sjarifuddin Karama (breaking a ceramic
pot).

Sjarifuddin hoped that in the future the company could
introduce the use of organic fertilizers to local plantation
companies.

He said the country's soil condition was becoming increasingly
degraded because of the intensifying trend of using inorganic
fertilizers among plantation companies. (gis)