Indonesia will support rubber producers to increase their income and productivity.

This past weekend, the Deputy Minister of Transmigration, Viva Yoga Mauladi, stated that the government of Indonesia will support natural rubber producers to increase their income and productivity. According to Mauladi, the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan They concentrate the majority of the country's rubber production.In total, there are approximately 2.1 million farming families of rubber trees throughout the Indonesia"said the deputy minister during the Farmers' Meeting (Rembug Tani) in the village of Sebuntal, in KalimantanThe goal is to boost the rubber industrialization processes of small producers in the country, to add value to the product being sold. Currently, 90% of the national production of rubber trees is made up of small farmers.. Second MauladiAnother challenge for the government is to guarantee the replanting of rubber treessince the Most of the trees are already over 25 years old.A Indonesia also wants to accelerate this process with the use of specific fertilizers for this type of cropThe Ministry of Agriculturea National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and the Ministry of Public Works They should also provide support for the initiative, the deputy minister stated. Finally, the representative of the Ministry of Transmigration He also stated that the authorities should invest in new research to develop genetically modified seeds that increase productivity of rubber trees.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.