Mentan: Mesin Penggiling Padi Menua, Angka Susut Produksi Lebih 10%
Numbers of Indonesian Rice Production Losses Above 10%
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman mengungkap salah satu kendala pencapaian swasembada beras akibat mesin-mesin penggilingan padi menua, mengakibatkan angka susut (losses) produksi beras tergolong tinggi atau di atas 10%.
Amran Sulaiman mengatakan saat ini angka losses produksi beras mencapai 3,3 juta ton dan apabila dapat dikurangi separuh saja maka Indonesia mampu mencapai swasembada beras.
"Sekarang ada losses 3,3 juta ton. Kalau ini bisa kita kurangi separuh saja, kita tidak perlu impor beras," kata
Menteri Amran Sulaiman usai menghadiri Dialog Pemantapan Swasembada Beras di Jakarta, Selasa (28/4).
Menurutnya, apabila tersedia mesin-mesin penggiling padi yang baru melalui program peremajaan maka rendemen beras yang rata-rata saat ini baru sekitar 57% bisa meningkat di atas 60%, dengan demikian angka losses menurun sehingga produksi beras bertambah sampai dua juta ton.
"Targetnya menaikkan rendemen sampai 5%. Kalau ini dipenuhi bisa dapat 2 juta ton beras," katanya lagi.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman unveil one of the obstacles the achievement of self-sufficiency in rice, because the rice milling machines age and consequently numbers of rice production losses above 10%.
Mr Sulaiman said number the loss of rice production reached 3,3 million tonnes, if the loss of rice production can be reduced by up to half of the Indonesian capable of achieving self-sufficiency in rice.
"Now reaching 3.3 million tons. If we can reduced by half, Indonesia no longer need to import rice," Minister Sulaiman said after attending the Rice Self-Sufficiency Strengthening Dialogue here on Tuesday (28/4).
According to him the solution is the procurement of a new rice milling through the revitalization program, the current rice yield on average only 57% can be increased up to 60%, thereby rice production up to two million tonnes.
"The target is to raise the yield to 5% would be able to increase rice production to two million tonnes," he said again.
