Petani Teladan Raih Penghargaan dari Mentan Suswono
Best Farmers was Awarded from the MoA Suswono
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Sekitar 217 orang penerima penghargaan pertanian tingkat nasional hadir di Kementerian Pertanian untuk menerima penghargaan dari Menteri Pertanian Suswono. Mereka hasil seleksi berjenjang dari tingkat kecamatan, kabupaten/kota, provinsi hingga ke tingkat pusat.
Penerima penghargaan pertanian tingkat nasional 2013 terdiri atas 33 orang petani berprestasi, 33 Gabungan Kelompok Tani (Gapoktan) berprestasi, 21 kelembagaan ekonomi berprestasi, 33 penyuluh pertanian PNS teladan, 31 penyuluh pertanian swadaya teladan, 33 THL-TB penyuluh pertanian teladan, serta 33 balai penyuluhan kecamatan berprestasi yang mewakili 33 provinsi.
"Saya ucapkan selamat kepada saudara yang terplilih untuk menerima penghargaan. Terpilihnya saudara patut disyukuri karena melalui proses yang panjang," kata Mentan Suswono saat menyerahkan piagam penghargaan kepada para petani berprestasi di Kementerian Pertanian, Jakarta, Sabtu (17/8).
Pelaksana Tugas Kepala Badan Penyuluhan dan Pengembangan SDM Pertanian, Ahmad Suryana mengatakan setiap provinsi mengusulkan tiga calon dari masing-masing kategori, selanjutnya dilakukan validasi oleh tim penilai pusat dari aspek administrasi disertai observasi lapangan.
Hasil verifikasi dari tim penilai pusat dibahas dalam sidang pleno yang dilaksanakan pada 16 Juli 2013, untuk menghasilkan nama-nama penerima penghargaan 2013.
"Selanjutnya diusulkan kepada Menteri Pertanian untuk ditetapkan sebagai penerima penghargaan tingkat nasional tahun ini," ungkap Ahmad Suryana yang juga menjabat Kepala Badan Ketahanan Pangan (BKP).
Namun belum semua provinsi mengusulkan calon sesuai kategori yang diminta, kata Ahmad Suryana, seperti kategori penyuluh pertanian swadaya teladan ada dua provinsi yang tidak mengusulkan yakni Maluku dan Bangka Belitung.
"Sementara kelembagaan ekonomi petani berprestasi merupakan kategori penghargaan yang baru diberikan tahun ini. Ada 12 provinsi yang belum mengusulkan kategori tersebut," ungkap Ahmad Suryana.
Jakarta (B2B) - Approximately 217 national agricultural award recipients present at the Ministry of Agriculture to receive the award from the Minister of Agriculture (MoA) Suswono. They are the result of selection hierarchy starting from district level, regency / city, province to the central level.
National agricultural award recipients in 2013 consisted of 33 best farmers, farmers´ groups combined 33 best, 21 best economic institutions, agricultural extension PNS 33 best, 31 best self-help agricultural extension, 33 THL-TB best agricultural extension, as well as the best sub-33 extension centers , which represents the 33 provinces.
"I congratulate you all who elected to receive the award for the best. Achievement as role models thankful that, through a long process," MoA Suswono said when gave awards to the best farmers in the Ministry of Agriculture, Jakarta, Saturday (17/8) .
Acting Head of Agricultural Counseling and Human Resource Development, Ahmad Suryana said every province proposes three candidates from each category, further validated by the assessment team center, of the administrative aspects and field observations.
Verification results of the assessment team center discussed in the plenary session held on July 16, 2013, to get the names of the award recipients in 2013.
"Furthermore, it is proposed to the Minister of Agriculture to be designated as a recipient of the national award this year," Ahmad Suryana said who also served as Head of Food Security Agency (BKP).
But not all provinces propose suitable candidates for the requested category, Ahmad Suryana said, such as non-agricultural extension role models category there are two provinces that do not propose, the Maluku and Bangka Belitung.
"While the economic institutional achievement farmer is given a new award category this year. There are 12 provinces that have not proposed that category," Ahmad Suryana said.
