Refleksi : Buah-buahan bisa dimakan, tetapi banyak orang tak berduit untuk beli, jadi....
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/06/27/indonesians-needs-eat-more-fruit-minister.html Indonesians need to eat more fruit: Minister The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 06/27/2010 9:27 PM | National Agriculture Minister Suswono said Indonesian's fruit consumption, at 32.67 kilograms a year per capita, was low. The Food and Agriculture Organization recommends the consumption of 65.75 kilograms per year per capita. "This is a challenge for us to raise a public campaign to eat more fruit," Suswono said during the opening ceremony of the Mekarsari Guava Festival in Bogor on Sunday. The low consumption was blamed on low purchasing power and culinary habits, Suswono was quoted as saying by news portal kompas.com. "Eating is synonymous with rice. If an Indonesian does not eat rice, they feel they haven't eaten. We need to convince people that meals can be diverse," he said. Suswono said prices for local fruit, which were often higher than for imported fruit, should be a focus for the government. He said that with higher fruit consumption, average consumption of carbohydrates would decrease by 1.5 percent per year. An Indonesian household consumes an average of 110 kilograms of rice per year. Other Southeast Asian countries consume only 90 kilograms, Suswono said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
