Indonesia: Supporting food self-sufficiency, government to increase Indramayu salt production

The article highlights the potential of community salt production in Indramayu, West Java, to support Indonesia's food self-sufficiency targets by 2027. The area has the potential to expand to 3,000 hectares, as reported by the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono. However, he pointed out that the current production, spread across four districts, is largely reliant on traditional methods and needs modernization. The government is planning to stop the import of industrial salt by 2025, except for the Chlor Alkali Plant, and is implementing modernization programs in salt production to achieve food self-sufficiency.

Reporter: Arif Ferdianto | Editor: Herlina Kartika Dewi KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. People's salt production in Indramayu, West Java, has the potential to be developed to support the achievement of food self-sufficiency targets in 2027. "We can increase production here next year. I already have data of approximately 3,000 hectares (potential)," said Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono while reviewing the National Salt Warehouse in Krangkeng District, Indramayu Regency, Thursday (12/26). Trenggono explained that Indramayu Regency is one of the salt producing locations in West Java besides Karawang, Cirebon, and Pangandaran Regencies. Indramayu's salt production is spread across 4 districts, namely Krangkeng, Losarang, Kandanghaur, and Patrol. "The area of productive salt land in Indramayu Regency is currently 1,445 hectares with a total production reaching 135,891 tons or an average production of around 94 tons/hectare," he explained. He said that the ...