Antara News, Friday, October 22, 2010 16:27 WIB
Kalianda, Lampung Selatan (ANTARA News) - Lampung Selatan district administration will increase seaweed product as one of leading commodity.
Local district government spokesman Sutono said here on Friday that Lampung Selatan has an extensive area for seaweed cultivation because such a commodity has a high economic value.
Sutono said that with its high economic value, seaweed would be one of leading commodity that could improve the welfare of the people at coastal areas in Lampung Selatan district.
According to him, Lampung Selatan has wide seaweed cultivation area to step up the amount of the commodity for local consumption and for export.
In addition, he said the district also needed investors to develop the seaweed cultivation potential, because the business of that commodity was run by local businessmen with limited capital.
Therefore the seaweed produced by the local farmers would be unable to meet the market demand.
Meanwhile, a Lampung Selatan investment office spokesman said that most of seaweed cultivation operation in the district`s coastal area was small in scale because it was managed with traditional method and supported by limited capital.
He said the market demand for seaweed from Lampung Selatan was high enough and with modern cultivation methods and sufficient capital it would be even higher.
