Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries is getting ready strategic steps for reaching nationwide salt self-sufficiency by 2027.
In response to the ministry’s director normal of marine spatial administration, Victor Gustaa Manoppo, the plan to attain salt self-sufficiency has been designed by the federal government in collaboration with salt farmers and industries.
“As a part of the plan, the ministry has additionally recognized potential areas for salt pond improvement, together with one in Indramayu, West Java,” he mentioned in an announcement issued on Saturday.
Indramayu Regency has been chosen as the principle middle for infrastructure improvement, farmer coaching, and financing entry.
The realm of productive land in Indramayu in 2024 stood at 1,445.65 hectares, with complete manufacturing recorded at 135,891.10 tons (productiveness 94 tons/hectare).
In the meantime, the present inventory of 25 thousand tons is unfold throughout the 4 sub-districts of Krangkeng, Losarang, Kandanghaur, and Patrol within the regency.
Along with figuring out potential manufacturing areas, the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries is encouraging technological innovation within the salt manufacturing course of.
The usage of the geomembrane technique, for instance, has been discovered to enhance the standard and amount of salt produced by native farmers.
Beginning this yr, the ministry is hoping to make a breakthrough when it comes to modeling the extensification of salt ponds in East Nusa Tenggara.
It’s aiming to cowl 2,500 hectares utilizing typical strategies, however with the appliance of harvest mechanization.
It’s going to additionally pursue intensification by way of the modernization of salt manufacturing expertise, with the goal of implementing the concentrated brine technique over an space of 1,800 hectares in 5 provinces, together with West Java.
“In 2024, individuals’s salt manufacturing will attain 2.04 million tons, exceeding the manufacturing goal of two million tons. It reveals that the salt pond improvement program has gone in line with plan,” Manoppo knowledgeable.
With the assist of expertise, elevated manufacturing capability, and sustainable useful resource administration, he mentioned, the federal government is optimistic about reaching the goal of salt self-sufficiency in time.
“Our individuals’s salt manufacturing already has good high quality, we will compete with different nations, so sooner or later, we’ll not must import,” he famous.
As an preliminary step towards constructing self-sufficiency, the federal government has determined to not import consumption salt in 2025.
The necessity for nationwide salt uncooked supplies in 2024 and 2025 has been estimated at 4.9 million tons, and it’s anticipated to extend by 2.5 p.c per yr as a result of inhabitants development and development within the industrial sector.
The home manufacturing goal for 2025 is 2.25 million tons. If added to the remaining inventory of 836 thousand, the native salt provide can be ample to satisfy 63 p.c of the entire want.
“The remainder is actually a giant and promising enterprise alternative for uncooked materials salt producers, each smallholder salt farmers and enterprise entities,” he defined.
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Translator: Muhammad Harianto, Yashinta DifaEditor: Azis KurmalaCopyright © ANTARA 2025
