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Food Self-Sufficiency Minister of Agriculture Invites Regional Police Chiefs to Police Chiefs to Plant Corn This is an effort to realize food self-sufficiency. Red: Ahmad Fikri Noor

Published Jan 15, 2025

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The Minister of Agriculture in Indonesia, Andi Amran Sulaiman, is encouraging regional police chiefs to join a corn planting movement to achieve food self-sufficiency, with a goal of increasing corn production to 23 million tons in 2025. This increase is supported by the government's decision to raise the price of corn and unhusked rice, and to provide subsidized fertilizer, with the aim of making farming more profitable and encouraging more production. The Minister has asked Perum Bulog to prepare for the absorption of this increased production to prevent farmers from being discouraged due to unabsorbed production.
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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman invited all Regional Police Chiefs, Resort Police Chiefs and Sector Police Chiefs to carry out a corn planting movement. This is an effort to realize food self-sufficiency. "I invite all Regional Police Chiefs and Resort Police Chiefs throughout Indonesia to dream of increasing corn production," said the Minister of Agriculture when opening the Simultaneous Corn Planting Preparation Coordination Meeting with the ranks of the National Police as reported in Jakarta, Tuesday (14/1/2025). He hopes that there will be a role and contribution from the ranks of the police leadership at the regional level so that corn production can increase to 23 million tons in 2025. "Where production in 2023 is around 15 million tons and we will increase it to 16 million tons, even our target can be 23 million tons (in 2025)," said the Minister of Agriculture. According to the Minister of Agriculture, accelerating planting ...
Source: Republika
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