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<\/p>\nJAKARTA \u2013 Indonesia can realize sugar self-sufficiency through the applications of biotechnology. Such applications include the processing of palm oil into sugar.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve told President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) that we shouldn\u2019t be worried over the shortage of sugar supply. We don\u2019t need to open sugarcane plantations in large scale. We can realize our national sugar self-sufficiency through the processing of palm oil into sugar. The sugar from palm oil has a high quality,\u201d said Bogor University of Agriculture (IPB) Rector Prof. Dr. Arif Satria, S.P., M.Si when opening the webinar on \u201cPalm Oil in Food: Health Issue and Market Trend\u201d, which was organized by \u00a0SEAFAST Center IPB, on Tuesday, 26 October 2021.<\/p>\n
Arif Satria pointed out that IPB has been in cooperation with several groups to develop the technology of processing palm oil into sugar. \u201cCurrently, there has been a pilot project to produce sugar from palm oil in Sei Mangkei area, North Sumatera,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn cooperation with a number of groups, we\u2019ve developed biotechnology in the food sector. There has been a technology to produce sugar from palm oil. Regarding sugar from sugarcane, it\u2019s actually the first generation technology of sugar production,\u201d said Arif.<\/p>\n
Looking forward, Arif hopes that they can reach a cooperation agreement with the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) to produce sugar from the palm oil.<\/p>\n
According to him, the palm oil can be produced into many derivative products. IPB has conducted various researches to produce products of energy and cosmetics. \u201cEven, the palm oil wastes can be processed to bulletproof vests, helmets, and clothes. \u201cThe latest one is the production of quality jackets from palm oil wastes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Based on data from the Indonesian Sugar Association, Indonesia\u2019s need of consumption sugar (white crystal sugar) this year is 3.16 million tons.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the industry ministry\u2019s agroindustry directorate general reported that Indonesia needs a total of\u00a0 6.0 million tons of sugar per year, consisting of 2.7- 2.9 million tons of consumption sugar and 3 \u2013 3.2 million tons of industrial sugar (refined sugar). (*)<\/p>\n
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