Bank Mandiri, Indonesia’s largest bank by assets, projected lending to the agro-based industry to increase by 17 percent in 2012.
Minister of Agriculture Suswono said that the government will provide incentives for investment in plantation or food crops in border areas.
Bank BNI, Indonesia’s fourth largest banks by assets, plans to allocate up to Rp 6 trillion worth of loans for state-owned plantation company PTPN III next year.
