DIGIVESTASI - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan (Menkomarinbes) openly admitted that he was not satisfied with the results of the construction of food settlements in the Lumban-Hasundutan area, North Sumatra.

For this reason, Luhut invited China to join the food barn project launched by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). Fumban Hasundutan is one of the food hubs being developed by the government along with Central Kalimantan, Central Java, Papua, and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

"Our horticulture has produced Lumbang Hasundutan (Hunbaha) Toba. But the process is still too slow and we are still not satisfied," he said on Friday (April 26, 2024). Instagram account. Therefore, when Luhut met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the 4th High-Level Dialogue and Cooperation Mechanism (HDCM) held in Labuan Bajo some time ago, horticultural development was one of the areas discussed by the two countries in the cooperation. . 

"The rest are chili peppers, shallots, garlic, durian, fruits, and others. We work with them and they jointly run the laboratory. We are also increasingly convinced that technology transfer is not possible without research. I am doing it," he explains. 

"Then the government will work with their researchers and our researchers to build research facilities for chili, shallots, and others." And we need local partners," Luhut emphasized. 

Reference information: The development of the Hungban Hasundutan food cultivation area will begin in 2022. This sector focuses on the development of horticultural crops such as shallots, garlic, potatoes, cabbage, and chili. 
According to the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kumentan), as of June 2023, the total cultivated land area of the Humbajas Food Farm is 482.84 hectares (ha).

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