Vice President Visit to Sugarcane Plantation of PT Global Papua Abadi

After inaugurating the launch of the South Papua Provincial Government Facilities and Infrastructure Centre, Vice President KH Ma’ruf Amin visited the Sermayam Sugarcane Plantation, Ngguti Bob Village, Tanah Miring District, Merauke Regency, Tuesday (04/06/2024). At the location, the Vice President directly inspected the Sugarcane Plantation Pilot Project Investment Laboratory and Green House.

When giving a press statement after the review, the Vice President said that he supports South Papua to become the centre of the sugar industry. This is because so far the national sugar needs are still supported by imported sugar, the amount of which continues to increase every year.

“Every year it continues to increase, even in 2023 it will reach 6 million tonnes of imports. It is estimated that by 2045 our population will reach 300 million. So we are importing more and more. ‘So we want to develop Merauke as a centre for agriculture, plantations, including sugarcane,” he explained.

Vice President KH Ma’ruf Amin

For this reason, the Vice President hopes that the development of sugar cane plantations, especially in Merauke, can be successful, even to have sugar content (yield) above 11 per cent, like Australia.

Source : (EP/SK-BPMI, Sekretariat Wakil Presiden)