As many as 47.9 million Indonesians consume excessive amounts of sugar. If this habit persists and is not balanced with physical activity, it can lead to obesity and diabetes.

Indonesia still needs to work hard to cope with the increasing trend of food-commodity imports.

Sebanyak 20 ton gula kelapa organik diekspor ke Malaysia dari Purbalingga. Diharapkan ekspor ini membangkitkan ekonomi masyarakat.

Farmers asked the government to guarantee that imports are not carried out during the harvest season.

Responding to the commotion over the plan to import one million tons of rice, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo finally intervened to explain that there would be no rice imports until June 2021.

The government has decided to import rice, sugar, salt, beef and even buffalo, although it has repeatedly said that it wants to achieve self-sufficiency.

Indonesia had a glorious history in the sugar industry until the beginning of the last century. However, the present condition is so at odds with that history that there must be a new effort to revive it.

The government is considered to have violated a regulation regarding the prohibited sale of refined sugar for public consumption. The sales would further suppress the price of sugar produced by domestic farmers.