Mekanisasi Pertanian untuk Dorong Generasi Muda Tertarik Bertani
Agricultural Mechanization will Motivate Youth People to Farming
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Karawang (B2B) - Pemerintah akan mendorong mekanisasi pertanian. melalui pemanfaatan sarana mekanik pertanian untuk mendukung peningkan produksi pangan serta memotivasi generasi muda menjadi tertarik mengembangkan usaha pertanian.
Wakil Menteri Pertanian Rusman Heriawan mengatakan, pemerintah melalui Kementerian Pertanian telah menyediakan anggaran untuk mendukung mekanisasi pertanian sehingga mempercepat proses membajak sawah dan menggarap hasil produksi pangan.
"Pertanian modern tidak dapat lagi mengandalkan alat bantu hewan untuk membajak sawah dengan sapi atau kerbau. Mekanisasi pertanian menjadi jawaban multidimensi untuk meningkatkan produksi pangan," kata Rusman Heriawan saat peluncuran program penanaman padi Sri di Karawang, Jawa Barat, Selasa (12/11).
Menurut Rusman, penggunaan mekanik alat pertaian akan memotivasi generasi muda terjun ke sektor pertanian.
"Mekanisasi pertanian akan membuat generasi muda tertarik untuk bertani, karena prospeknya bagus apabila mengerjakannya dengan sungguh-sungguh." ungkap Rusman.
Menyikapi hal itu, katanya lagi, Kementerian Pertanian berkomitmen mendukung upaya mekanisasi pertanian melalui alokasi anggaran untuk menyediakan sarana mekanik pertanian.
Karawang (B2B) - The government will encourage agricultural mechanization through utilization of agricultural machinery to support the increase in food production, and to motivate young people interest developing agricultural business.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Rusman Heriawan said the government through the Ministry of Agriculture has provided a budget to support agricultural mechanization thus accelerating the process of plowing and cultivating food production.
"Modern agriculture is no longer rely animals for plowing farmland with cows or buffaloes. Agricultural mechanization Rusman Heriawan said at the launch of Sri paddy planting program in Karawang, West Java, on Tuesday (12/11).
According to Rusman, utilization agricultural machinery will motivate young people into the agricultural sector.
"Agricultural mechanization will make young people interest in farming, because prospects are good when doing it in earnest," Heriawan said.
In response, he said, the Ministry of Agriculture is committed to support the efforts of agricultural mechanization through budget allocations to provide agricultural machinery.
