Minister of Agriculture Amran Invites Village Heads to Collaborate to Realize Food Self-Sufficiency
JAKARTA, iNews.id – Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman invited village heads throughout Indonesia who are members of the All Indonesian Village Government Association (APDESI) to make this a success food self-sufficiency and the Free Nutritious Meal program launched by President Prabowo Subianto.
“One of them is by promoting sustainable food as a joint effort to strengthen food independence,” he said Minister of Agriculture Amran.
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This was expressed in the activities of the National Red and White Food Movement Towards Sustainable Food Self-Sufficiency which was attended by hundreds of APDESI members in the main field of the office Ministry of AgricultureWednesday (6/11/2024) morning.
Apart from that, Minister of Agriculture Amran also invited village heads to fully support the government's efforts to achieve food self-sufficiency quickly and quickly. These village servants are expected to be the spearhead in printing rice fields and clusters modern agriculture.
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“We must achieve this modern agricultural cluster and I am targeting that in the future there may be 1,000 villages running this cluster,” he said.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, currently the government has prepared various farmers' needs, starting from increasing subsidized fertilizer quotas, mechanization technology that is evenly available, and superior human resources prepared from campuses to training.
“The government has increased the fertilizer budget by 100 percent and this is thanks to the kindness of the President. Then you don't need a farmer's card to get the fertilizer, you just need to use your KTP. If anyone is obstructing you, report it to the local police. Mr President has declared self-sufficiency. We must achieve this,” he said.
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