INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta, the Government through the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) will implement technology to increase salt production by pilot projects in NTT.

It disampikan Head of Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) Superior Priyanto after a meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla with the Minister of Maritime Coordinator, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and Coordinating Minister Darmin Nasution at his official residence in Jalan Diponegoro, Central Jakarta.

"In addition to NTT, there is NTB (West Nusa Tenggara), Jeneponto South Sulawesi, Jeneponto kan also including salt place.Later Menko Maritim is the one who will coordinate.If successful, will be submitted to other areas," said Unggul in Jakarta, Friday (4 / 8/2017).

Priyanto explained, with the technology, it takes a large enough land to accommodate sea water that will be crystallized in four days. Once the concentration is high, it is immediately transferred to the farmers' land. With that technology farmers can harvest salt in four days from before that takes 12 days.

"Optimal land required is 400 hectares, 2 reservoirs, evaporation takes 300 hectares, it is optimum, for example there are only 15 hectares, it is not optimum if land expansion to NTT is more possible," he said.

On the other hand, Deputy of Agro Industry and Biotechnology Technology of BPPT, Eniya L. Dewi added, in an area of ​​15,000 ha, farmers will be able to produce 500,000 tons of salt per year. Thus, in the future the government does not need to import salt anymore.

"If the expansion of land, to NTT is more possible, if in Java Madura, most of the land already belongs to farmers, then there must be other solutions to be able to do so.Could be farmers are coordinated to become one corporate.That is again invited by Central Java, Said Dewi.

Please note, the government and BPPT will cooperate in producing salt using this technology. Production can be encouraged by building an integrated salt land in the salt production center area.