Indonesia aims to become the world's largest producer of White Shrimp in South America

Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, Indonesia's minister of marine affairs and fisheries, plans to increase the country's annual production from less than 1m tonnes today to 16m tonnes, making the country the world's largest producer of South American white shrimp, Safeood News reported on January 22.
to achieve this, Indonesia must start developing 200,000 hectares of new shrimp ponds by 2024.
, the country currently produces less than 1m tonnes of white shrimp a year, lower than China, Ecuador, Vietnam and India.
According to economic analysis, a successful development of 200,000 hectares of shrimp ponds, harvesting 80 tons per hectare per year, could produce nearly 1,200 trillion rupiah worth of South American white shrimp, a development that also aims to build a strong national defense system to protect the country's maritime wealth.
government also plans to build aquaculture villages in several regions of Indonesia to promote economic development.