Hari Pangan Sedunia, 5 Bupati dan Walikota Raih Penghargaan
5 Regents and Mayors will Receive an Award of World Food Day 2013
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Tantangan ke depan pembangunan pertanian nasional adalah bagaimana Indonesia menuju kemandirian pangan dalam menyongsong pemberlakuan Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN (MEA) 2015. Kunci keberhasilan menghadapi MEA 2015 berada pada para kepala daerah di seluruh Indonesia.
Menteri Pertanian (Mentan) Suswono mengatakan dalam kaitan peringatan Hari Pangan Sedunia (HPS) 2013 di Padang, Sumatera Barat pada 31 Oktober - 3 November 2013, pemerintah akan memberikan penghargaan kepada para kepala daerah yang berhasil mendukung kampanye program diversifikasi pangan.
"Pemerintah akan memberikan penghargaan kepada lima kepala daerah dan kelompok masyarakat yang gencar ikut mendukung kampanye diversifikasi pangan," kata Mentan Suswono kepada pers di kantornya, Jumat (25/10).
Kepala Badan Ketahanan Pangan (BKP) Ahmad Suryana menambahkan, para bupati dan walikota yang akan menerima penghargaan tergolong sangat aktif mengembangkan pangan lokal. Namun dia menolak untuk menyebutkan para kepala daerah yang akan memperoleh penghargaan dari pemerintah tersebut.
"Ada yang kampanye One Day No Rice. Ada pula yang memprakarsai pengembangan pangan lokal agar bisa bersaing maupun bersanding dengan beras," ungkap Ahmad Suryana.
Selain kelima kepala daerah tersebut, kata Suryana, penghargaan juga akan diberikan kepada kelompok wanita, terutama dalam pengelolaan lahan pangan. "Mereka yang sangat aktif dan juga pengembangan pangan lokal di kelompoknya itu," jelasnya.
Jakarta (B2B) - Challenges to the national agricultural development is the ability of Indonesia towards food self-sufficiency, in facing the implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. Key to the success of AEC 2015 to face the responsibility of the heads of areas throughout Indonesia.
Minister of Agriculture (MoA) Minister Suswono said in relation commemoration of World Food Day (HPS) 2013 in Padang, West Sumatra on 31 October-3 November 2013, the government will give awards to regional heads who successfully support the food diversification campaign.
"The Government will provide awards to five regional heads and community groups that support the food diversification campaign," said MoA Suswono told reporters at his office on Friday (25/10).
Head of Food Security Agency (BKP) Ahmad Suryana added, the regents and mayors who will receive the award as very active in developing local food. But he refused to mention the regional heads who will receive an award from the government.
"There is a campaign One Day No Rice. Others have initiated the development of local food be able to compete and combined with rice," Ahmad Suryana said.
Besides the five regional heads, Suryana said, awards will also be give to groups of women, particularly in the management of agricultural land. "They are very active and also the development of local food in the group."
