Indonesia: Food security can be achieved by intercropping dryland rice with oil palm

Minister of Agriculture (Mentan), Andi Amran Sulaiman, appealed to his staff to maximize the potential of each land, especially oil palm plantation land. This is in line with efforts to accelerate national food security. What is meant by maximizing the potential of each land is to promote the program of intercropping dryland rice on oil palm plantation land. He believes that this step can encourage the realization of food self-sufficiency while optimizing the use of existing plantation land. "We must continue to innovate to support food self-sufficiency. Intercropping dryland rice is one way to make existing land more productive," said Amran in his statement, Monday (12/23/2024). Meanwhile, Heru Tri Widarto as Plt. Director General of Plantations explained that intercropping dryland rice is a strategic solution that supports the sustainability of the food sector while increasing food production. The plan is that his party will carry out simultaneous planting of dryland rice on oil ...