Praise Minister of Agriculture, Chairman of the DPD RI: Concentration and Focus of all regions becomes a food base

Jakarta – Chairman of the DPD Ri, Sultan Bakhtiar Najamudin invited Indonesian Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman to a working visit to Bengkulu Province. His arrival was warmly welcomed at Fatmawati Soekarno Airport before continuing the judging agenda and strategic coordination meeting. The agenda began an overview of the rice market operation stabilization of supply and food prices (SPHP) at the Panorama Market in Bengkulu. Amran, along with Sultan and Deputy Governor of Bengkulu Mian, has a direct dialogue with traders and the community to ensure that the distribution of SPHP prices goes well and the price remains stable. The next agenda attended the Bengkulu provincial plant coordination meeting that was directly led by the Sultan in Balai Raya Semarak Bengkulu. During the meeting, the strategy to strengthen food security was discussed, as well as the added value of the plantation sector in the regions. Browse to continue the content, Sultan expressed his appreciation for Amran’s actions. He thought that Amran worked well and effectively to realize President Prabowo Subianto’s food -self -care vision. “Today, because of the arrival of one of the best ministers and an agricultural practitioner we are proud of. He is very concerned and focused on ensuring all regions becomes a food production base, in accordance with the guidance of the president to ensure safe food security,” the Sultan said in a written statement. He added that the needs of the Bengkulu province in the sub -Sector for Food and Plantations, including irrigation networks, received full support from the central government by ministries and related institutions such as the Ministry of Agriculture, Bulog and the Ministry of Public Works (PU). “We will work seriously to increasingly be considered the Bengkulu agricultural sector, developed into an integrated and prosperous farmer. We want Bengkulu agriculture to be a pilot for other regions,” he said. That’s why he said the DPD RI is currently preparing the Senator Care for Food Security program. Amran also provided a quota of 5000 ha of land that would definitely involve farming communities in the area. “The DPD RI participation in the food security program is a form of attention and support for the government. Surely by continuing to prioritize the duties and functions of the DPD as a legislative body,” he said. He has transferred with mutual collaboration with stakeholders to realize the results of higher quality. “With the collaboration with the ministries involved, we will ensure that farmers and farmers who participate in the Senator Care for Food Security will receive wheat, rice, fertilizer seeds, and the harvest is guaranteed by the Bulog,” he said. “It is also the food security program supported by the downstream program of agricultural art. And other export export products, we have land that is ready to develop. With the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, we are optimistic that Bengkulu is not only food but it can be a surplus,” he explained. Amran emphasized the government’s responsibility to achieve self -sufficiency in the next four years. “We hope that the target of self -humiliation can be achieved, even faster than the continuation and conditions,” Amran said. Downstream of the leading plantation commodity. “In the next few months, we focus on ensuring that there are no extreme obstacles. -Provincial government will strengthen to encourage food security, while encouraging the downstream of the local lead.