The Tasteless Life of Salt Farmers

Kompas/Abdullah Fikri Ashri

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The public does not trust the government when it imports commodities such as salt. It is not only because Indonesia has vast potential farming area along the country’s coastal area of about 99,093 square kilometers, but also because salt has traditionally been produced by farmers for years without requiring advanced technology.

Salt has been imported since the 1990s, an ironically bitter choice, as we don’t have many alternatives but to import to meet national demand.