Sidoarjo (Antara Bali) - Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan said Indonesia can become the biggest coffee producer in Southeast Asia because it has spacious land for developing its coffee plantations.
"The government will continue to increase coffee production in the country so that Indonesia will become the biggest coffee producer in Southeast Asia," the trade minister said here on Tuesday.
He said that Indonesia's coffee production now stood at 600 thousand tons per annum. It should continue to be increased so that Indonesia would become number one coffee producing country in Southeast Asia. "To become number one producer, production from the upstream and downstream must be increased. The farmers should also continue to be inspired to increase their spirit and production," the minister said.
He said that one of the several factors that could be taken to increase production was utilizing available spacious land in Indonesia. "Apart from utilizing land, Indonesia should also prepare appropriate technology," the minister added. (*/M038)
