Kunker ke Sultra, Mentan Panen Raya di Kolaka dan Konawe Selatan
Indonesian Agriculture Minister Working Visit to Southeast Sulawesi
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Kendari, Sulawesi Tenggara (B2B) - Dalam rangkaian kunjungan kerja ke Sulawesi sejak Kamis (22/10), Menteri Pertanian RI, Andi Amran Sulaiman mengunjungi Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara untuk melakukan panen raya di Kabupaten Kolaka dan Kabupaten Konawe Selatan pada Sabtu (24/10).
Lawatan diawali Mentan Amran Sulaiman di Kolaka untuk panen padi di Kelurahan Toshiba, Kecamatan Samaturu. Dia didampingi Pangdam VII Wirabuana, Mayjen TNI Bachtiar; Gubernur Sultra, Nur Alam; dan Bupati Kolaka, Ahmad Safei pada Sabtu pagi.
Di Kolaka, Mentan menyerahkan bantuan alat mesin pertanian, bibit, dan pupuk secara simbolis kepada perwakilan dari kelompok tani penerima bantuan dilanjutkan dialog dengan para petani dan penyuluh pertanian setempat.
Sekitar pukul 13:30 Waktu Indonesia Tengah (WITA), Mentan bersama Pangdam Wirabuana dan Gubernur Sultra menuju Kabupaten Konawe Selatan (Konsel) menumpang helikopter dan mendarat Desa Lere, Kecamatan Basala.
Di Konsel, Mentan menyerahkan bantuan berupa 33 unit hand tractor, 13 unit pompa air, lima mini combine harvester, dan dua mesin penggilingan padi.
"Sesuai pesan Presiden RI Joko Widodo, pemerintah berkomitmen untuk mencapai swasembada pangan melalui modernisasi pertanian sehingga dapat meningkatkan produksi pertanian khususnya beras," kata Amran Sulaiman.
Kendari, Indonesia (B2B) - Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman made a working visit to Sulawesi since Thursday (22/10), and he visited Southeast Sulawesi province to harvest rice in Kolaka district and South Konawe district on Saturday (10/24).
The working visits begin by Mr Sulaiman in Kolaka district for the rice harvest in Toshiba village of Samaturu sub-district. He was accompanied by the Sulawesi`s Wirabuana Military Commander Major General Bachtiar; Southeast Sulawesi Governor Nur Alam; and Kolaka Regent, Ahmad Safei on Saturday morning.
In Kolaka, Mr Sulaiman donated agricultural machinery, seeds and fertilizer to local farmers´ groups, continued dialogue with farmers and local agricultural extension.
At 01:30 p.m. local time, the minister with Major General Bachtiar and Governor Nur Alam flew to South Konawe district by helicopter and landed in Lere vilalge of Basala sub-district.
In Lere village, Minister Sulaiman handed over 33 units of hand tractors, 13 water pumping stations, five mini combine harvester, and two rice milling machines.
"As per orders of President Joko Widodo, the government is committed to achieving self-sufficiency through agricultural modernization in order to increase agricultural production especially rice," he said.
