Amorphopallus muelleri blume is a umbi-umbian plant that has many benefits and advantages. In addition to low calories and also free sugar, porang can be processed into a variety of food ingredients to cosmetic ingredients.
This commodity is a promising product and has a bright future. Even President Joko Widodo believes that people will become healthy food in the future considering the porang has a very beneficial content for the human body. In addition, the human resources are also as an innovative breakthrough to increase food resistance and economic growth.
“I was already conveyed to the Minister of Agriculture to actually we seriously seriously this new commodity of the porang commodity,” the president said when inaugurating the porang processing plant at Madiun several times ago.
Farmers combined in the modern farm of Petani Oerip Indonesia explored the seedlings in Ngawi, East Java.
Petani treats porang plants in Dusun Babakan, Cikoneng Village, Ciamis Regency, West Java.
The head of the country also hopes that the commodity of this porang can be exported not only in the form of raw and semi-finished goods, but already in the form of rice or wheat flour. Ppeople also provide good added value, not only for ppeople processing companies but also to farmers.
In addition to China, Indonesia also exports ppeople to Taiwan, Japan, Macau, Italy, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.
Based on data from the Ministry of Agriculture is spread across various regions in Indonesia. For example in East Nusa Tenggara Province, West Nusa Tenggara, East Java, Central Java, West Java, Bali and some other areas with total estimated area 47.641 hectares.
Petani conducts porang plants in Dusun Babakan, Cikoneng Village, Ciamis Regency, West Java.
Petani harvested porang in village rice Ngadimulyo, Kedu, Temanggung, Central Java.
The data from the Ministry of Industry mentions the government targets in 2024 the production of umbi porang will reach 600.000 tons of land area of 100,000 hectares.
Currently, there are 13 companies that produce porang chips with a total production of 22.833 tons per year, and 6 ppeople processing industries that can produce glucoman flour with a total production of 1.180 tons per year.
Photo and text : Adeng Bustomi, Ahmad Subaidi, Anis Efizudin, Aribowo Sucipto, Siswowidodo, Zabur Karu
The work of lifting the washed people in the processing plant in Gresik, East Java.
The work organizes kingngan or chips of ppeople to dijemur in Wungu, Madiun Regency, East Java.
The work of the kingning or chips of ppeople in Wungu, Madiun Regency, East Java.
The number of workers conducts the production process of dry porang flakes or chips conjac at one of the factories in Madiun Regency, East Java.
The work examines the umbi porang in one of the porang processing plants in Madiun Regency, East Java.
The work of peeling porang in the factory of processing umbi porang village Sekotong Barat, Sekotong District, West Lombok, NTB.
The work organizes a wrench containing porang flour to be exported in one of the porang processing plants in Gresik, East Java.
Editor : Prasetyo Utomo
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