Car Free Day Jakarta Kian Meriah dengan Buah Lokal dari Kementan
Indonesian Govt Promotes Local Fruits to Participants of Car Free Day in Jakarta
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Kementerian Pertanian RI turut memeriahkan Car Free Day di Jl MH Thamrin Jakarta pada Minggu pagi (27/11) dengan membagikan buah-buahan lokal gratis kepada warga Jakarta yang berolahraga pagi, menyusul Fruit Indonesia 2016 yang dibuka Presiden RI Joko Widodo pada Kamis (17/11) pekan lalu.
Promo buah lokal bertajuk 'Cinta Buah Nusantara' dibuka oleh Dirjen Hortikultura, Spudnik Sujono mewakili Menteri Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman yang berhalangan hadir, kegiatan bertujuan mengeksplorasi kekayaan buah nusantara dan mempromosikan potensi ekspor ke mancanegara.
"Kegiatan Cinta Buah Nusantara merupakan tindak lanjut dari Fruit Indonesia 2016, dan menjadi momentum kebangkitan buah nusantara untuk bersaing di dalam dan luar negeri," kata Spudnik kepada pers di Jakarta.
"Ada 10 ribu buah-buahan nusantara dari berbagai macam jenis, ini bagian dari arahan Presiden Jokowi saat membuka Fruit Indonesia 2016, dan perspektif kita ke depan bagaimana meningkatkan ekspor."
Tingkat konsumsi buah masyarakat Indonesia masih rendah, 36 kg per kapita, dan jauh di bawah rekomendasi Organisasi Pangan dan Pertanian PBB/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) sebanyak 73 kg per kapita per tahun.
"Angka tersebut sedikit demi sedikit mulai meningkat seiring banyaknya imbauan untuk mengkonsumsi buah dan kecukupan serat untuk masyarakat," kata Spudnik yang didampingi Direktur Sayuran dan Tanaman Obat, Yanuardi MM.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Agriculture Ministry participated in the Car Free Day in MH Thamrin street in Jakarta on Sunday morning (27/11) to give free local fruits to Jakarta residents who exercise in the morning, these activities as part of the 2016 Indonesian Fruit was opened by President Joko Widodo on Thursday (11.17.16) last week.
Promo local activity called the 'Love Indonesian Fruit' was opened by by Director General of Horticulture, Spudnik Sujono who represented Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman which could not attend, the event aims to promote Indonesian fruits and potential for export to foreign countries.
The 'Love Indonesian Fruit' activity as part of the 2016 Indonesian Fruit and became the momentum for Indonesian fruits to compete at home and abroad," Mr Sujono told the press here.
"There are 10 thousand Indonesian fruits of various kinds, as an implementation of instructions of President Widodo, and perspective of the future how to increase fruit exports."
The level of fruit consumption in Indonesia is still low, 36 kg per capita, and far below on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to 73 kg per capita per year.
"The level of fruit consumption per capita in Indonesia began to increase as people are encouraged to eat fruits," said Mr Sujono who was accompanied by Director of Vegetable and Medicinal Plants, Yanuardi MM.
