Bantul District Fisheries Processing Research Center of the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Ministry of Indonesia has developed a seaweed fertilizer processing technology, KKP Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono informed in a press release here on Sunday.
“Seaweed is a prominent commodity for Indonesian people which can be used ecologically, economically, and socially to encourage environmentally friendly and sustainable national and global development,” he remarked.
Meanwhile, Acting Head of the ministry’s Center for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Research and Human Resources (BRSDM) Kusdiantoro stated that the research was conducted to support the second priority program of the ministry.
The priority program aims to develop export-oriented aquaculture commodities, including shrimp, lobster, crab, and seaweed.
Head of Bantul District Fisheries Processing Research Center Luthfi Assadad has informed that there are two seaweed fertilizer processing technologies which have been developed, namely liquid fertilizer and solid or granular fertilizer processing technologies.
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