Suswono: Swasembada Pangan Capai Peningkatan Signifikan
Suswono: Food Self-Sufficiency, Target Reaches Significant Improvement
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Bogor (B2B) - Berdasarkan data Angka Sementara (Asem) 2012, produksi padi pada 2012 mencapai 60,04 juta ton atau meningkat 5% dibandingkan produksi 2011 sebesar 65,76 juta ton. Produksi jagung 2012 mencapai 19,4 juta ton atau meningkat 9,8% dibanding produksi 2011 sebesar 17,64 juta ton.
"Demikian pula halnya dengan produksi kedelai 2012 mencapai 852 ribu ton atau meningkat 0,11 persen dibandingkan 2012 sebesar 851 ribu ton," kata Menteri Pertanian Suswono saat membuka Koordinasi Pimpinan Kelembagaan Penyuluhan, Kelembagaan Teknis dan Kelembagaan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian di Bogor, Rabu (22/5.
Suswono menambahkan, target utama pembangunan pertanian tahun 2010-2014 adalah pencapaian swasembada pangan dan swasembada berkelanjutan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pangan nasional, dengan mengurangi impor beras, jagung, kedelai, gula dan daging sapi.
Menurutnya, produksi gula juga mengalami peningkatan dari 2,23 juta ton pada 2011 menjadi 2,59 juta ton pada 2012 atau meningkat 16,34%. Meskipun produksi gula sudah memenuhi kebutuhan konsumsi rumah tangga, namun peningkatan tersebut belum mencapai kebutuhan gula untuk industri.
"Produksi daging sapi yang berasal dari sapi lokal juga meningkat dari 486,33 ribu ton pada 2011 menjadi 505,42 ribu ton pada 2012 atau meningkat 3,93 persen," ungkap Suswono.
Bogor (B2B) - According to the Provisional Figures (Asem) in 2012, rice production in 2012 reached 60.04 million tons, an increase of 5% compared to 2011 production of 65.76 million tons. Corn production in 2012 reached 19.4 million tons, an increase of 9.8% compared to 2011 production of 17.64 million tons.
"Similarly, soybean production in 2012 reached 852 thousand tons, an increase of 0.11 percent compared to 2012 was 851 thousand tons," said Agriculture Minister Suswono at the opening Institutional Leadership Outreach Coordination, Technical and Institutional Institutional Research and Development of Agriculture in Bogor on Wednesday (22/5).
Suswono added, the main target of agricultural development in 2010-2014 is the attainment of food self-sufficiency, and sustainable self-sufficiency to fulfill national food needs, by reducing import of rice, corn, soybeans, sugar and beef.
According to him, the sugar production also increased from 2.23 million tons in 2011 to 2.59 million tons in 2012, an increase of 16.34%. Although sugar production has met the needs of household consumption, but the increase was not reached for the sugar industry needs.
"Production of beef that comes from local cows also increased from 486.33 thousand tons in 2011 to 505.42 thousand tons in 2012, an increase of 3.93 percent," said Suswono.
