Local Farmers Become Suppliers for MBG, East Kalimantan Provincial Government: To Empower Farmers' Economy East Kalimantan optimizes local farmers to supply MBG's needs. Red: Erdy Nasrul

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SAMARINDA -- The Government of East Kalimantan Province (Kaltim) through the Department of Food, Food Crops, and Horticulture (DPTPH) is optimizing the role of local farmers to become the main suppliers in the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program, whose implementation is being expanded. "This effort is designed to empower the farmers' economy while ensuring the quality of the nutritional food received by the students," said Head of Kaltim DPTPH Siti Farisyah Yana in Samarinda, on Wednesday. The MBG program is a motivator for farmers to expand their cultivated areas. The market certainty from the Food and Nutrition Centers (SPPG) or the nearest public kitchen will motivate farmers to increase their planting areas, she explained. "In the future, farmers will no longer have difficulties marketing their produce. The presence of nearby SPPG will encourage them to expand their land extensively," said Yana. The involvement of local farmers also opens up direct supervision ...