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Indonesia to supply 30 pct of Singapore's vegetable needs

Indonesia to supply 30 pct of Singapore's vegetable needs

Write: Pepita [2011-05-20]

Indonesian Farming Minister Suswono said on Wednesday that the government has set a target to supply 30 percent of Singapore vegetable needs.

"This is our target until 2014," the minister said in his visit in a farming plantation located Tanah Karo regency, North Sumatra province.

According to the minister, Indonesia has secured 10 percent of the neighboring country's vegetable needs as of now. He instructed farmers to pay more attention to the vegetable quality requirements asked by the Singaporean administration.

Due to that, the minister said that the government would provide intensive training on good agriculture practice so as to make farmers customized to conduct best farming practices, the tempointeraktif.com reported.

He said that after Singapore, the government also eyes Malaysia and China markets for its agriculture product exports.