Prabowo Emphasizes Food Self-Sufficiency in Papua, Amran Aims to Develop 100 Thousand Ha of Rice Fields The target of developing Papua's rice fields is expected to be completed in at most three years, Red: Dwi Murdaningsih

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto emphasized that food self-sufficiency is the main foundation for accelerating the development of Papua and the key to Indonesia's transformation into a prosperous and advanced country. This statement was made by the President when giving instructions to governors, regents, and mayors across Papua in a meeting with the Executive Committee for the Acceleration of Development in the Special Autonomy of Papua. The President stressed that no region in Indonesia should be left behind. According to him, a region's ability to guarantee food availability for its people is the basis of all civilization and a prerequisite for the elimination of poverty, backwardness, and hunger. "Specifically for Papua, development must be accelerated in all areas. But the foundation of all life for the nation is food. We must achieve food self-sufficiency, not just nationally, but down to the provincial level, even if ...