Jambi City, July 26 -- The provincial government of Jambi aims to establish a partnership with the Investment Management Agency Danantara and the private sector to financially support coconut downstreaming efforts in the province.

"Knowing that Jambi has potential (in the coconut industry), we have approached Agriculture Minister (Andi Amran Sulaiman) to help direct Danantara to fund our downstreaming project, and the minister has expressed enthusiasm," Jambi Governor Al Haris remarked in Jambi City on Saturday.

He noted that during a visit to Sungai Penuh City, Jambi, on Wednesday (July 23), Minister Sulaiman and relevant stakeholders engaged in serious discussions regarding downstreaming efforts aimed at increasing the selling value o...