Boosting production for self-sufficiency, Ministry of Agriculture intensifies corn harvest and planting in Indonesia

Published 2024년 2월 7일

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The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture is collaborating with the TNI Military and the Iskandar Muda Regional Military Command to increase national food production, particularly corn, with the aim of achieving self-sufficiency. The ministry is optimizing idle land for corn cultivation, providing free seeds, fertilizer, and agricultural machinery, and constructing tertiary irrigation systems. The ministry is also supporting the I'm Jagong food security program and providing assistance to Aceh Province and Aceh Besar District, including rice and corn seeds, biofortified rice seeds, corn production facilities, control of Plant Pest Organisms, livestock, durian seeds, horticultural processing and post-harvest facilities, and infrastructure for farming and production roads.
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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Ministry of Agriculture continues to increase corn production in various regions for national food needs. After harvesting and planting corn in Medan City, North Sumatra, the Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman together with the TNI Military Commander, Major General TNI Novi Helmy Prasetya and the Acting Governor of Aceh, Achmad Marzuki, harvested and planted corn on 5 hectares of TNI land in Deunong Village, Darul Imarah District, Aceh Besar Regency. This activity is an implementation of cooperation between the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) and the TNI to accelerate the increase in national food production, one of which is by optimizing the TNI's idle land. "Harvesting and planting corn in Aceh is an Indonesian food movement, not only for consumption but also a social movement to donate, if our corn is in surplus in the future. Currently there are hilal, signs to stop imports. Why are we sure? Because we have traveling around ...
Source: Republika

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