Presiden Jokowi Dijadwalkan Buka Fruit Indonesia 2016 di Jakarta

Indonesian President Will Open the 2016 Fruit Indonesia in Jakarta

Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Presiden Jokowi Dijadwalkan Buka Fruit Indonesia 2016 di Jakarta
Presiden RI Joko Widodo berbincang dengan Rektor IPB, Heri Suhardyanto didampingi Mentan Andi Amran Sulaiman usai membuka Festival Buah dan Bunga Nusantara 2015 di Kota Bogor, Jabar (Foto2: istimewa)

Bandung, Jawa Barat (B2B) - Presiden RI Joko Widodo dijadwalkan membuka pameran dan bursa buah nusantara, Fruit Indonesia 2016 pada Kamis, 17 November di Parkir Timur Senayan, Jakarta, yang akan menampilkan 21 jenis buah dari 81 kabupaten sentra buah di seluruh Indonesia, yang akan dihadiri oleh produsen buah segar dan olahan maupun para buyer dari dalam dan luar negeri.

Direktur Jenderal Hortikultura, Spudnik Sujono mengatakan tujuan penyelenggaraan Fruit Indonesia 2016 untuk mempromosikan kekayaan buah Nusantara kepada masyarakat baik di dalam negeri maupun di luar, sesuai instruksi Presiden Jokowi agar Kementerian Pertanian RI menyelenggarakan pameran dan bursa buah bertaraf internasional, dengan fokus menampilkan kekayaan dan keunggulan buah nusantara.

"Fruit Indonesia 2016 merupakan kelanjutan dari Festival Buah dan Bunga Nusantara yang diselenggarakan oleh Kementan dengan Institut Pertanian Bogor atau IPB yang diadakan rutin sejak 2012 di Kota Bogor," kata Spudnik seperti dikutip Kepala Subbagian Humas Ditjen Hortikultura, Ina Ngana kepada pers di Bandung pada Senin (14/11).

Kegiatan Fruit Indonesia 2016 adalah pameran dan bursa, bussiness matchmaking, pelatihan ekspor, karnaval buah, dan aneka lomba seperti kontes buah unggulan, merangkai buah, lomba dekorasi, lomba fotografi, dan lomba melukis.

Pameran akan menampilkan 21 jenis buah unggulan ekspor Indonesia di antaranya jeruk, mangga, manggis, durian, pisang, nenas, buah naga, salak, jambu kristal, dan alpukat.

Peserta pameran adalah petani, pelaku pasar tani, alumni pelatihan ekspor, pelaku usaha, produsen alat pengolahan dan kemasan buah, penangkar benih, produsen benih hortikultura, Kementerian Pertanian, Kementerian Perdagangan, Kementerian Koperasi dan UKM, dinas pertanian provinsi/kabupaten/kota, perguruan tinggi dan swasta.

"Sementara target pengunjung adalah buyer dalam dan luar negeri, produsen buah segar dan olahan nasional dan mancanegara, pengusaha hotel, pengusaha katering, penguhsaha restoran, masyarakat umum, akademisi, pedagang, pelajar dan lainnya," kata Spudnik seperti dikutip Ina Ngana.

Bandung, West Java (B2B) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo was scheduled to opening exhibition of fruit, the 2016 Fruit Indonesia on Thursday, November 17th in Senayan East Parking Senayan of South Jakarta, which will feature 21 kinds of fruits from 81 districts across the country, which will be attended by producers of fresh fruits and processed and buyers from home and abroad.

Director General of Horticulture, Spudnik Sujono said the aim of the 2016 Fruit Indonesia to promote Indonesian fruits at home and abroad, as instructed by President Widodo to the agriculture ministry to exhibit the fruits of international standard, with a focus on showing the diversity and excellence of fruits in Indonesia.

"The 2016 Fruit Indonesia was a follow up of Indonesian Fuits and Flowers organized by the Agriculture Ministry with the Bogor Agricultural University or IPB  held regularly since 2012 in Bogor city," said Mr Sujono was quoted by directorate general spokeswoman, Ina Ngana to the press here on Monday (11.14.16).

The 2016 Fruit Indonesia is an exhibition and trade, bussiness matchmaking, bussiness matchmaking, exports bussiness coaching, and various contests such as the best fruit, stringing fruits, decoration contest, photography contest, and a painting contest.

The exhibition will feature 21 varieties of fruit export commodities include oranges, mango, mangosteen, durian, banana, pineapple, dragon fruit, bark, pink crystals, and avocado.

Exhibitors are farmers, suppliers, alumni of export bussiness coaching, entrepreneurs, manufacturers of processing equipment and packaging fruit, seed breeders, seed producers, the Agriculture Ministry, the Trade Ministry the Cooperatives and SMEs Ministry, agriculture office of provincial/district/city level, universities and private company.

"While the target visitors of the exhibition is the buyer at home and abroad, production of fresh fruit and processed in the country and abroad, business hotels, caterers, restaurateurs, civil society, academics, traders, students and others," Mr Sujono said as quoted by spokeswomen Ina Ngana.