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Sekitar Sepuluh Tahun lalu Tanaman Lidah Buaya sempat menjadi komoditas primadona dan telah memakmurkan banyak masyarakat kota Pontianak. Namun sekarang kondisinya mulai ”merana”.

Ketika orang luar daerah berbicara tentang Kalimantan Barat, pasti dalam benaknya akan langsung terlintas ”Lidah Buaya”. Demikian pula sebaliknya bila orang menyebutkan Lidah Buaya, pasti langsung terfikir tentang Provinsi Kalimantan Barat. Memang dalam satu dasawarsa ini, Kalimantan Barat sudah identik dengan Tanaman Lidah Buaya, demikian pula sebaliknya Lidah Buaya sudah Identik dengan Kalimantan Barat. Memang harus kita akui bahwa Tanaman unik ini telah menjadi Icon Kalimantan Barat.
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dsc00399.jpgOne big opportunity was come again for West Kalimantan Province, particularly for agriculture development. A Company group called HALIM GROUP from South Korea has visit West Kalimantan on March 14 2008 a go. They purpose is to looking a land for corn development in West Kalimantan. According to the leader of this group information, Halim Group is consisting of 40 companies. Most of the companies are involved in agribusiness and food business. In fact, Halim group is the number one of livestock market share in Korea. Until now, Halim Group has been invest around 1.6 Billion US Dollar in several foreign countries like China, Vietnam, and Philippine. And the target for investment in the future is Indonesia. During the increasing of corn consumption in Korea, the demand for corn is also increasing. This is why Halim Group starts to looking some land resources to develop corn in order to fill Korea corn market. Baca entri selengkapnya »