The Rector of IPB Granted the Award for the Activist to Accelerate the Development of the Indonesian Fruit and Flowers
Rector of Bogor Agricultural University, Prof. Dr. Ir. Herry Suhardiyanto, M.Sc., granted the award to the activist who had always supported the acceleration of the Festival Bunga dan Buah Nusantara (FBBN – Indonesian flowers and fruit Festival) 2015, on Friday, 27 November 2015. The granted of the awards was part of the Festival Bunga dan Buah Nusantara 2015, and it was held at IPB International Convention Center. The award was granted to Late Prof. Sriani Sujiprihati, as an innovator of papaya Callina. In addition, she was also Editor Trubus Magazine, who consistently wrote and on fruits and the breeding and growing of the Indonesian fruits by Mekarsari Fruit Garden. For this special event she was represented by her relatives.
On this special occasion, one of the Professor Chair Holders of IPB on Horticulture, Prof. Sobir, presented his presentation on ‘Revolusi Pengembangan Buah Nusantara Skala Usaha Kecil dan Menengah untuk Kesejahteraan Bangsa Indonesia’ (The Development of Small and Medium Scale Indonesian Fruit growers for the Welfare of Indonesia)’. Prof. Sobir reiterated the vision and mission of the Orange Revolution, one of which is to satisfy the fruit consumption of 278 million Indonesians. "The fruit must also be part of the healthy food diversification for the Indonesian communities," he said.
In addition, he expects that in the near future Indonesia will become the largest tropical fruits exporter for Southeast Asia, and even in the world. To achieve this, Indonesia needs 2.2 million hectares of land to cultivate tropical fruits for export, and it is targeted that around 5.95 million tons of fruits will be exported. According to Prof. Sobir, next year for fruit development the government will decide to establish farmer-owned enterprises for fruit farmers, bywhich the government will provide a good quality packing house for them. Accordingly, Prof. Sobir stated that IPB will be assigned to do special assignment by the President. "The potential fruits to be developed for export commodities will be Callina papaya, durian pelangi, and Keprok fruit. However, to achieve such great effort cooperation between many parties is really required, one of which will be love local fruits campaign, "he said. (Wied)
