KTNA: Farmer Regeneration Key to Ensuring Rice Self-Sufficiency Production increases, farmer regeneration becomes the main challenge. Red: Friska Yolandha

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Chairman of the National Leading Fishermen's Farmers Contact (KTNA) Yadi Sofyan Noor emphasized that the regeneration of farmers and the strengthening of food brigades dominated by the millennial generation are key to maintaining the sustainability of rice self-sufficiency that Indonesia has currently achieved. “The key lies in human resources. We must quickly carry out regeneration. Rice farmers are now on average over 50 years old. Millennial young farmers are still rare in entering the rice sector,” said Sofyan when confirmed in Jakarta, Saturday (27/12/2025). This statement was made ahead of the government's plan to announce rice self-sufficiency at the end of December 2025, along with the increase in national rice production from around 30 million tons in 2024 to 34.77 million tons in 2025. The projection refers to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) based on the Area Sample Framework (KSA). Sofyan assessed that the achievement of rice ...