Jakarta, June 23 -- The Ministry of Industry on Monday emphasized the need for stronger collaboration between local agricultural machinery manufacturers and research institutions to help Indonesia develop more efficient and innovative products.

Director General of Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment, and Electronics Industry, Setia Darta stated that enhancing the capacity of local industries to generate innovations will support the country's agricultural mechanization efforts.

"To support agricultural mechanization-which is a backbone of national food security-we are committed to boosting the growth of local agricultural machinery manufacturers," he said.

To this end, the ministry has drafted a long-term strategy to make local m...