National rice production in the last two years has actually likewise been favorable.
Jakarta – Vice President Ma’ ruf Amin has assured that the federal government is still able to ensure food accessibility for the public with the “appealing” production of 11 main food products.
The 11 food commodities are rice, corn, onions, garlic, big chili, cayenne pepper, beef, chicken, chicken eggs, granulated sugar, and cooking oil.
Amin affirmed that nationwide rice production is “really appealing” so food schedule for the general public is guaranteed.
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” National rice production in the last two years has actually also been favorable. Until the 3rd week of August 2021, rice stocks reached 7.6 million loads,” he revealed.
The condition of food stocks in the nation is quite favorable as it is followed by a boost in the efficiency of agricultural exports from Indonesia, Amin said.
Mentioning data from Stats Indonesia (BPS), the vice president stated farming exports in January-July 2021 reached US$ 2.
On The Other Hand, Farming Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo specified that his ministry would continue to enhance cooperation with city governments and produce policies to fulfill individuals’s needs for food.
” Stimulus and action plans must continue to be performed so that the sector keeps growing positively until it becomes a savior for the country to be not caught in an extended financial recession,” Limpo discussed.
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The Farming Ministry has established five measures for increasing agricultural production: enhancing production capacity through mechanization, developing efficiency and using suitable technological approaches, local food diversification, enhancing food reserves and logistics systems and the Triple Export Movement (Gratieks), he noted.
” Synergy between the center and the region is very important so that there disappears advancement inequality between them, or with one to the other area,” he said.
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