Jakarta, April 27 -- Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said he had prepared 10 thousand superior soybean seeds to increase national production of the commodity to support food security and domestic industrial needs.

"We will start the trial this year. We asked for 10 thousand soybean seeds to be monitored," he remarked at an event on Saturday (April 26).

He conveyed this in response to news on tempeh entrepreneurs impacted by the increase in the price of imported soybeans from the United States (US) by reducing the size of tempeh.

Responding to this, Sulaiman informed the plan to increase domestic soybean production by using 10 thousand superior seeds.

According to him, this plan is expected to reach production of three tons pe...