The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) will hold the Seaweed Investment Forum and Festival exhibition from November 1st to 2nd, 2022. This exhibition is a concrete form of the KKP in carrying out the five priority blue economy development programs promoted by the Minister of KKP, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono. Director of Business and Investment of the Directorate General of Strengthening the Competitiveness of Marine and Fishery Products (DJPDSPKP), Catur Sarwanto said this exhibition was also a form of promotion of Indonesia's leading commodity, namely seaweed. On the other hand, said Catur, this exhibition is a step in applying the policies of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo through Presidential Regulation Number 33 of 2019 concerning the Road Map for the Development of the National Seaweed Industry for 2018-2021. "We will carry out Seaweed Investment Forum and Festival activities. This is a manifestation and reaffirmation of the KKP in blue economy development through the promotion of superior commodities, or we call them champion commodities. One of them is seaweed," said Catur at the Mina Bahari IV Building KKP, Central Jakarta, Tuesday (10/25/2022).
Catur said that later the exhibition which lasts for two days will showcase the results of seaweed cultivation from the participants. He will also bring in startup companies to develop the potential of seaweed, becoming a profitable investment opportunity. "We will also invite friends from startups engaged in climate technology. Later we will encourage the use of business opportunities in the carbon credit itself. One of them will be invited later," he said. "The forum itself will be divided into four themes, how to promote related to investment. We will also invite policymakers to provide information related to financing," he continued. Furthermore, said Catur, the Seaweed Investment Forum and Festival exhibition will hold business matching by investors both from abroad and domestically. "Innovation is also important in how to increase added value, lastly there is business matching which we can hope can be our effort to match between investors and cultivators," he said. The Seaweed Investment Forum and Festival exhibition will be held offline and online, for two days in Surabaya, East Java. This exhibition will be attended by cultivators, associations, academics, utilization of processed seaweed products, investors, and local governments.
