Jakarta, Aug. 24 -- Women Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry promotes cross-sectoral collaboration between the central and regional governments, along with businesses, to develop hydroponic farm-based cooperatives at Marunda Flats in a bid to maximize economic potential.

"At one of the pilot project locations of the Indonesian Communal Space (RBI) in Marunda Flats, we identified the economic potential of hydroponic farming. Unfortunately, it has yet to reach its full capacity, as current profits remain very low," Deputy Minister Veronica Tan said in Jakarta on Sunday.

To address this, the ministry is working with the Ministry of Cooperatives, the Jakarta Provincial Government, and the private sector to develop a greenhouse at Mar...