Jakarta, July 17 -- The Indonesian government aims to complete the nationwide rejuvenation of sugarcane plantations within two years after more than a decade without replanting aging crops.

During a harvest event with the Indonesian Defense Forces in Malang on Friday, President Prabowo Subianto said Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman had informed him regarding the absence of sugarcane rejuvenation efforts in Indonesia for the past 12 years.

"The Minister of Agriculture reported that our current program is 100,000 hectares per year, and this will be achieved in four years. But he later assured me that we can complete it in two years, " the president remarked.

Prabowo said the government would continue accelerating priority program...