Mentan Apresiasi Pemkab Tabanan Mampu Swasembada Pangan
Bali`s Tabanan District Achieving Food Self-sufficiency
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Tabanan, Bali (B2B) - Menteri Pertanian Andi Amran Sulaiman menegaskan Indonesia ke depan tidak perlu lagi mengimpor beras dan kebutuhan pokok lainnya karena produksi pertanian yang dihasilkan mampu memenuhi kebutuhan masyarakat setempat.
"Saya memberikan apresiasi kepada Pemkab Tabanan, Bali, yang telah mampu berswasembada pangan, yakni produksi pertanian melebihi kebutuhan masyarakat setempat," kata Mentan Andi Amran Sulaiman ketika di sela kunjungannya ke kabupaten Tabanan, 21 km barat Denpasar, Kamis (9/4).
Ia mengingatkan Pemkab Tabanan terus meningkatkan pembangunan sektor pertanian sehingga swasembada pangan makin kuat sekaligus mengangkat harkat dan martabat petani.
"Jangan tunda tanam padi, jangan biarkan lahan tidur, apalagi jangan biarkan masyarakat tidur, mari kita bangun bangsa ini maju sampai ke dunia international," katanya. (Ant)
Tabanan, Indonesia (B2B) - Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has expected that domestic farm products will be able to meet national needs, and that the country will no longer need to import farm commodities in the future.
"I praise the Tabanan district administration in Bali for achieving self-reliance in food production, with the availability of farm products exceeding local peoples needs," the minister said during a working visit in Tabanan district on Thursday.
He noted that as the Tabanan district government had continued to step up the development of its agricultural sector, the district had managed to meet local peoples food needs and improve farmers living standards.
"Dont delay in planting rice; dont leave land unused; and dont let the community sleep. Let us build this nation till it makes progress at a global level," he remarked.
