Mentan Resmikan Gedung Balai Besar Penelitian Padi
Indonesian Center for Rice Research in West Java
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Subang, Jawa Barat (B2B) - Menjelang akhir masa jabatannya, Menteri Pertanian RI Suswono meresmikan gedung Balai Besar Penelitian Pertanian Tanaman Padi (BBP Padi) di Sukamandi, Subang, Jawa Barat, Selasa siang (30/9).
"Alhamdulillah, saya harapkan bukan hanya gedung dan fasilitasnya hebat tapi hasil-hasil penelitiannya juga luar biasa agar bermanfaat bagi petani," kata Suswono sebelum menandatangani peresmian gedung.
Saat peresmian Mentan Suswono didampingi Kepala Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian, Haryono; Kepala Badan Penyuluhan dan Pengembangan SDM Pertanian, Winny Dian Wibawa; dan Kepala Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Tanaman Pangan, Made Jena Mejaya.
Made Jena Mejaya menjelaskan historis gedung yang diresmikan Mentan Suswono, sebelumnya gedung tersebut diresmikan oleh Presiden Soeharto pada 1983, dan kini dipugar untuk meningkatkan fungsi gedung tersebut.
Menanggapi hal itu, Suswono menyatakan: "Saya orang kedua yang tanda tangan setelah Pak Harto."
Subang, West Java (B2B) - Indonesian agriculture minister´s outgoing , Suswono inaugurated Indonesian Center for Rice Research (ICRR) in here on Tuesday afternoon (30/9).
"Thank God, I was hoped not only house and facilities are great but research results are also remarkable for the benefit to the farmers," Suswono said while signed the inauguration inscription.
Suswono was accompanied by the Head of Indonesia Agency for Agricultural Research and Development Agriculture Ministry (IAARD), Haryono; Head of the Agricultural Instructors and Agriculture HRD, Winny Dian Wibawa, and Head of ICRR, Made Jena Mejaya.
Mejaya describes the historical house before renovated and inaugurated by Suswono, the old house was inaugurated by President Suharto in 1983, and has now renovated to improve its function.
"Then, I was the second person who signed the inauguration, after President Soeharto."
