An Overview Soybean Production in Indonesia
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2001-02
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Central Research Institute for Food Crops
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Soybean is an old crops had been cultivated in Indonesia since 1700's. Tradi
tionally, the produce was used for daily household consumption, in forms of cooked
fresh poods, fried dry grains, fermented dried grains, or extracted for soy-sauce. The
demands for the soybean products had increased steadily, that importation of soybean
had started since 1930's. The last decade import averaged 700.000 to 1.000.000 t yearly.
The production shortage was mainly due to insufficient crop harvested area, low
productivity per ha, and low grain quality due to insect-damages, diseases infestation,
and inappropriate post harvest handling. To meet the production demands, which
amounts to 2.5 to 3.0 million t annually harvested area wilt have to be tripled from the
present crop area, achieving 3.0 million ha. The most readily available lands are acid soil drylands and lowlands proceeding rice during dry season.
Keywords
Soybean, Production, Indonesia