Jakarta, 21 August 2019 - Indonesia is one of the fifteen global peanut producers, but production has declined over the past decade, and is heavily dependent on imports to meet growing domestic demand. One of the challenges facing GarudaFood is the high dependence on imports for ose peanuts and also the supply of local wet beans that still do not meet the target. Therefore, PT Garudafood Putra Putri Jaya Tbk partnered with AIP-PRISMA (Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Promoting Rural Incomes through Support for Markets in Agriculture).
A Development Partnership program between the Australian Government (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, DFAT) and the Government of Indonesia (Bappenas) in the East and Central Java region.
The purpose of the Garudafood-PRISMA collaboration is to increase the supply of peanuts and reduce imports by promoting a partnership program between groups of peanut farmers and Garudafood, especially for ose and wet peanuts, which are expected to increase farmers' income through increasing prices. In addition, PRISMA facilitates the capacity building of the Garudafood team in mapping / identifying locations and farmers to obtain a quality supply of peanut, both oceanic and wet, and also facilitates capacity building in approaching farmers.
In this partnership scheme, Garudafood will encourage farmers to implement Good Agriculture Practices (GAP), Good Harvest Practices (GHP), and Good Post-Harvest Practices (GPP) by providing technical assistance to farmer groups that are partners.
The collaboration between Garudafood and PRISMA opens new target markets, encourages the use of local peanuts, and promotes post-harvest activities through good agriculture practices, good handling practices, and good production practices.
This latest collaboration is expected to improve local kernels and peanut ingredients and increase farmers' incomes through improved market prices.