Horticulture Statistics of Gorontalo Province 2018

Horticultural commodities including vegetables, fruits, ornamental plants and medicines are one of the leading commodities in the agricultural sector because they can make a significant contribution to the country's foreign exchange, even some commodities such as chili and shallots have a profound effect on the inflation rate. However, with limited land causes horticultural crop development policies must deal with policies on other food crops. As is the case in Gorontalo Province, the great attention of the central and regional governments on food crop commodities (especially rice and corn) has an impact on the area of ​​land used, bearing in mind that some types of horticultural crops are also cultivated on land for food crops. Besides the limited market factor is also a cause of constrained horticultural commodity development, so farmers prefer to plant their land with food crops supported by the market and the government rather than planting horticultural commodities.