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 April 2025, the following activities have been fulfilled:

1. Established a demonstration area covering 2.6 hectares for shallots, garlic, and rotational crops; 0.3 hectares for sweet corn; 0.2 hectares for carrots; and 0.2 hectares for edamame.
2. Provided technical guidance and management to approximately 53 farmers across 110 hectares in the reclamation area.
3. Hold 11 training sessions with a total of 405 farmer participations.
4. Completed a price survey for shallots and sweet peas (rotational crops).
5. Conducted vegetable product sales in 4 regions with 13 retail and wholesale market channels: 2 in the RiaRia area, 7 in the Dolok Sanggul area, 3 in the Berastagi area, and one in the Medan area. 

Project Performance：

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

Project Contact：SiangYing Shen

Phone：+886 2 28732323 #6136

E-mail：s.y.shen@icdf.org.tw

Mission：Taiwan Technical Mission in the Republic of Indonesia