The construction of a sugar factory in Southeast Sulawesi faces land constraint

`Investors will build a sugar factory if the core land that is a minimum standard requirement of around 10 thousand to 20 thousand hectares is available,` Bambang said in Kendari on Wednesday.He admitted that the Ministry of Agriculture will prioritize Sultra with all relevant ranks to be made the basis for national new sugar development outside of Java. `The Ministry of Agriculture is ready to disburse funds of hundreds of billions but it is hampered by the sugar factory that has not been built because the standard core land requirement has not been met,` he said. According to him, to overcome the core land shortage, support from all parties is needed, especially from district governments that are designated as sugarcane development centers to prepare land. `Sugarcane development centers that are expected to provide assistance are South Konawe, Bombana, Kolaka, Muna, West Muna, and North Buton,` he said. He said that if core land support is ready, the investor will prepare the factory, and when the factory is available, the government will provide support for seed garden activities, grinding core seed gardens, with funds of up to hundreds of billion rupiah.
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