The total planned investment for the integrated sugarcane plantation aiming for sugar and bioethanol self-sufficiency in the third cluster in Merauke, South Papua, amounts to USD 5.62 billion, or approximately IDR 83.27 trillion.

This investment includes IDR 29.2 trillion for the sugarcane plantations using mechanized agricultural technology, IDR 53.8 trillion for the construction of five sugar and bioethanol factories, IDR 120 billion for the development of human resource training centers, and IDR 150 billion per year for the establishment of research and innovation facilities.

There are five cluster areas totaling more than 2 million hectares designated for the development of integrated sugar and bioethanol self-sufficiency. Cluster one and two cover 1 million hectares, cluster three approximately 504,373 hectares, and cluster four 400,000 hectares. (Uki Ruknuddin)

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