Project Name：Production and Marketing of Garlic and Shallot Demonstration Project in North Sumatra, Indonesia

Project status：Projects in Operation

Project Description：

Indonesian President Joko Widodo proposed the "Food Estate" policy in 2020, which is one of the 2020-2024 national strategic plans. The objective is to increase food production in Indonesia and to reduce the dependence on food imports. North Sumatra and Central Kalimantan are the prior-appointed area for the plan. Minister Luhut Panjaitan, Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment Coordination, hopes that Taiwan could be the partner of the North Sumatra Province Grain Production Base Plan, and proposes this very project. The plan consists with 5 Hectares of land as a demonstration area, implementing the production demonstration and farmer education and training center built by Taiwan, in order to gradually train local farmers for them to improve their production skills and establish correct cultivation models, improving the technical capabilities of the farmers in the reclamation area, and also increasing the profits and the crop output value. The main tasks of the plan include: increasing the yield per unit area of garlic and shallots by establishing demonstration fields and providing technical guidance, reorganizing cooperatives, and developing high-potential crops and distribution channels.

Region：Asia-Pacific

Implementation Start Date：2023-01-01

Implementation End Date：2025-12-31

Project Objectives：

1. Increase the yield per unit area.
2. Establishment and development of the agricultural production and the marketing system.

Executing Agency：

1. Mission Tecnical Taiwan in Indonesia
2. Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment Coordination, Indonesia

Current Progress：

As of the end of December 2024, the following activities have been fulfilled:

1. Established a demonstration area and conducted estimated production 10.07 hectares for garlic and shallot cultivation.
2. Counselled 40 households in the reclamation area for about 80 hectares of farmers' field with our technical guidance and management.
3. Hosted 8 workshops
4. Expand 11 retail and wholesale market channels

Project Performance：

Increase the average income per hectare of garlic and shallots by 2 times for the farmers under our guidance.

Project Contact：Ian Ou-Yang

Phone：+886 2 28732323 #6048

E-mail：y.ouyang@icdf.org.tw

Mission：Taiwan Technical Mission in the Republic of Indonesia