In order to support the government’s program to empower Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Indonesia Eximbank consistently strives to increase the capacity of export-oriented cooperatives and MSMEs. One of the initiatives is through the Foreign Exchange Village Development Program, which focuses on community development-based activities.
Head of the SMEs Advisory Services Division of the Indonesian Export Financing Agency, Ilham Mustafa, inaugurated the Pisang Mas Foreign Exchange Village in Tanggamus Regency, Lampung Province, which was carried out in collaboration with LPEI. This program aims to increase exports and foreign exchange earnings in a sustainable manner, and is expected to contribute to increasing the welfare and income of farming households through integration into a sustainable global export supply chain.
The inauguration of the Pisang Mas Foreign Exchange Village in Tanggamus was also attended by the Regional Head of DJP Bengkulu and Lampung, Rosmauli; Head of the Representative Office of the Ministry of Finance for Lampung Province, Estty Purwadiani Hidayatie; Head of PT GGP’s Way Lunik Export Office, Budhi Setiawan; Head of the TJSL & ESG Division of PT Reinsurance Indonesia Utama, Mardian Adhitya; Head of Sumberejo Subdistrict, Suwarno; Head of Margoyoso Village, Sudibyo; and Chairman of the Green Makmur Farmers Cooperative, Sigit Wicaksono.
On this occasion, LPEI together with the Ministry of Finance One, the Lampung Class I Agricultural Quarantine Center, PT Great Giant Pineapple, and the Makmur Green Farmers Cooperative held training to strengthen business management as well as technical training regarding the quality and cultivation of golden bananas for export. This training was held in the Multipurpose Building Hall, Sumberejo District, Tanggamus Regency, Lampung Province, on Friday (01/8). Devisa Village, represented by the Tani Hijau Makmur Cooperative, is a supplier of golden bananas for PT GGP for export purposes. The government, through LPEI, gives appreciation to the Green Makmur Tani Cooperative for their role as a supplier to GGP as an offtaker. Waliyuddin hopes that, with assistance through the Village Foreign Exchange Program, banana mas exports can increase from 7% of total production to 20%. Apart from that, a garden demonstration plot will be carried out as a reference for farmers, that good banana cultivation can produce high exports, he added.
