Vice President (Wapres) Ma'ruf Amin said ornamental plants are one of the horticultural commodities that have bright prospects as leading export commodities. The Vice President said ornamental plants recorded positive export growth during Covid-19. Based on data from the Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI), ornamental plant exports in 2021 were able to record growth of up to 98% or more than US$17 million.

Ma'ruf explained that one of the ornamental plants that has the potential to be developed is Aglaonema. He explained that Indonesia is one of the countries in Asia that has a variety of aglaonema species and a producer of high-quality aglaonema hybrids. Aglaonema has the potential to be developed domestically, especially with the support of the tropical climate in Indonesia. However, Ma'ruf said it is unfortunate because until now the seeds of these plants are still imported from abroad. In fact, according to him, domestic potential is very possible if there are efforts to develop it. "Until now, hundreds of thousands of Aglaonema seedlings are still imported from abroad," he said. He also hopes that in the future, Aglaonema farmers can develop forward, so that every month, around 600 thousand trees can be met.

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