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

Project status：Projects in Operation

Cooperating Country：Indonesia

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 June 2025, the following activities have been fulfilled:

1. Established a demonstration area totaling 15 hectares for cultivating red onions, garlic, and rotational crops, including: red onions 2.8 hectares, garlic 1.8 hectares, cabbage 4.3 hectares, carrots 3.7 hectares, purple cabbage 0.5 hectares, sweet corn 0.8 hectares, soybeans 0.4 hectares, sweet peas 0.2 hectares, green beans 0.5 hectares.
2. Provided field technical guidance and management support to 60 households covering 140 hectares in the reclamation area.
3. Organized 12 training sessions, with a total of 443 farmer participations.
4. Completed price surveys for red onions and sweet peas (rotational crops).
5. As of now, conducted vegetable product sales in 9 regions with 20 distributors, including: 3 distributors in Berastagi, 8 distributors in Dolok Sanggul, 1 distributor in Lintong, 1 distributor in Siantar, 1 distributor in Balige, 1 distributor in Pekan Baru, 2 distributors in Ria-ria, 2 distributors in Silangit and 1 distributor in Medan.

Project Performance：

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

Project Contact：Yu-Yu Lin

Phone：+886 2 28732323 #6138

E-mail：yy.lin@icdf.org.tw

Mission：Taiwan Technical Mission in the Republic of Indonesia