Food Self-Sufficiency Coordinating Minister for Food: Next Year Indonesia Will Not Import Rice, Corn, and Consumption Salt Zulkifli believes the strategic food security program can be implemented quickly. Red: Ahmad Fikri Noor

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan said that starting next year, Indonesia will not import rice, corn, and salt for consumption. "For food security, next year we have decided not to import rice. Next year we will not import corn for feed. Next year we will not import salt for consumption," said Zulkifli after holding a Food Coordination Meeting in Jakarta, Thursday (12/12/2024). Zulkifli believes that the strategic food security program can be implemented quickly, on the other hand, by stopping the import of a number of commodities, it is believed that Indonesia will also be able to be sovereign in terms of food. "We want to be fast so that this food self-sufficiency is not only security but we want to be sovereign," he explained. In today's coordination meeting, he discussed the need for food crop seeds, irrigation, planting mechanisms and technology to present a more advanced agricultural sector. In addition, his party also supports the ...