Mentan Amran Dorong Kaltara Jadi Lumbung Pangan Perbatasan dan Pintu Ekspor
Indonesian Govt Increase Food Production across the Country
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Tarakan, Kaltara (B2B) - Menteri Pertanian (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman menegaskan komitmen pemerintah menjadikan Kalimantan Utara (Kaltara) sebagai lumbung pangan nasional sekaligus pintu ekspor komoditas strategis ke negara tetangga Malaysia.
Hal ini disampaikan saat kunjungan kerja ke Tarakan, Senin (29/9), di mana Mentan Amran memantau langsung pelaksanaan Gerakan Pangan Murah (GPM) beras SPHP dan membuka Pekan Daerah Kontak Tani Nelayan Andalan (KTNA) Kaltara tahun 2025.
Menurut Mentan Amran, posisi geografis Kaltara yang berbatasan langsung dengan Malaysia adalah bonus strategis yang harus dimanfaatkan untuk memperkuat ketahanan pangan sekaligus meningkatkan nilai tambah ekonomi petani.
Ia menyebut, komoditas seperti jagung, kakao, kelapa, dan kopi sangat potensial dikembangkan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pasar dalam negeri maupun diekspor ke negara tetangga.
“Dulu perbatasan identik dengan selundupan pangan. Sekarang kita ubah paradigma, bukan lagi menjaga selundupan, tetapi menanam sendiri komoditas strategis yang dibutuhkan. Inilah pertahanan pangan sekaligus peluang ekspor terbaik bagi Indonesia,” kata Amran.
Mentan Amran menambahkan bahwa dukungan pemerintah sangat besar untuk mendorong pengembangan pertanian di wilayah perbatasan.
Tahun ini, pemerintah menyiapkan tambahan anggaran Rp9,95 triliun untuk perluasan tanam hingga 880 ribu hektare di seluruh Indonesia, serta dukungan pembiayaan perbankan Rp89 triliun dan KUR pertanian lebih dari Rp100 triliun.
“Tahun depan, anggaran pertanian reguler mencapai Rp40 triliun, terbesar dalam sejarah. Ini bukti nyata keberpihakan Presiden Prabowo Subianto kepada sektor pertanian,” tegasnya.
Mentan Amran juga menekankan bahwa dengan berbagai program strategis yang dijalankan, cita-cita swasembada pangan dapat segera diwujudkan.
“Indonesia seperti janji Bapak Presiden, awal kita swasembada 4 tahun, kemudian 3 tahun, kemudian 1 tahun. InsyaAllah kalau tidak ada aral melintang, 3 bulan ke depan kita bisa umumkan bahwa Indonesia swasembada dalam waktu yang sangat singkat,” harapnya.
Dalam kesempatan yang sama, Gubernur Kalimantan Utara, Zainal Arifin Paliwang, mengapresiasi penuh langkah dan perhatian Mentan Amran.
Menurutnya, perhatian pemerintah pusat akan mempercepat terwujudnya Kaltara sebagai pusat pangan dan ekspor komoditas unggulan.
“Kami berterima kasih atas dukungan yang luar biasa dari Bapak Menteri. Semoga petani semakin berjaya dan sejahtera dalam mewujudkan Kaltara sebagai lumbung pangan nasional sekaligus pusat komoditas ekspor,” pungkasnya.
Jakarta [B2B] - The role of agricultural training center as the Technical Implementation Unit [UPT] of Indonesian Agriculture Ministry across the country such as the Agricultural Training Center or the BBPP seeks to improving the competence and welfare of Indonesian farmers
The objective of the Indonesia Agriculture Ministry or the Kementan is to increase production and productivity, increasing farmers´ knowledge and skills in implementing climate smart agriculture, reducing the risk of crop failure, reduce the effect of greenhouse gases, and increase the income of farmers in irrigated areas and swamp areas.
Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman stated that the government´s commitment to developing agriculture, especially in the development of advanced, independent and modern agricultural human resources.
“The goal is to increase the income of farming families and ensure national food security. Farmer regeneration is a commitment that we must immediately realize," Minister Sulaiman said.
He stated that increasing farmers´ knowledge and skills in implementing climate smart agriculture, reducing the risk of crop failure, reducing the greenhouse gas effect and increasing farmers´ income in irrigated areas and swamp areas.
He reminded about the important role of vocational education, to produce millennial farmers who have an entrepreneurial spirit.
"Through vocational education, we connect campuses with industry so that Polbangtan graduates meet their needs and are ready for new things," Sulaiman said.
The objective of the Indonesia Agriculture Ministry is to increase production and productivity, increasing farmers´ knowledge and skills in implementing climate smart agriculture, reducing the risk of crop failure, reduce the effect of greenhouse gases, and increase the income of farmers in irrigated areas and swamp areas.
The target is to increase cropping intensity through irrigation rehabilitation, revitalization and modernization activities, the realization of a sustainable irrigation system through the revitalization of irrigation management, increasing institutional strengthening, as well as increasing the capacity and competence of human resources in irrigation management and increasing production and productivity.
Increasing farmers´ knowledge and skills in implementing climate smart agriculture, reducing the risk of crop failure, reducing the greenhouse gas effect and increasing farmers´ income in irrigated areas and swamp areas.
The main objective is to increase motivation for agricultural extension workers, agricultural extension centers, farmer groups, women farmer groups and farmer economic groups in agribusiness-oriented farming.
