Badan Litbang Penentu Masa Depan Pangan
Research and Development as a Determinant Future of Indonesian Foods
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Cimanggu, Bogor (B2B) - Masa depan pangan nasional ditentukan oleh keberhasilan penelitan dan pengembangan di bidang pertanian, sebagai dasar pijakan menuju swasembada pangan melalui penerapan teknologi dan inovasi.
Menteri Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman mengajak para peneliti di Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan (Balitbang) Pertanian untuk mendukung program pemerintah mewujudkan swasembada pangan dalam tiga tahun ke depan.
"Saya mengajak para peneliti di Balitbang Pertanian untuk turun ke lapangan, memberikan pendampingan, mengontrol kebijakan pemerintah daerah mulai dari penyediaan air, budidaya tanaman pangan, penanganan panen hingga pascapanen," kata Amran Sulaiman pada pertemuan dengan sekitar 100 kepala balai penelitian Balitbangtan dari seluruh Indonesia di Cimanggu, Bogor, Jawa Barat pada Jumat (5/6).
Tampak hadir Kepala Balitbangtan, Mohammad Syakir; Dirjen Tanaman Pangan, Hasil Sembiring, para kepala balai besar penelitian serta kepala balai penelitian tanaman pangan dari seluruh Indonesia.
Dalam kesempatan tersebut, Menteri Amran menyampaikan harapannya agar para peneliti dapat memanfaatkan anggaran pertanian sebaik-baiknya untuk mendukung kemajuan sektor pertanian di Indonesia, mensejahterakan para petani, dan menyediakan pangan yang sehat dan harganya terjangkau seluruh rakyat Indonesia.
Bogor, Indonesia (B2B) - The future of the national food is determined by the success of research and development in agriculture, as a milestone in achieving self-sufficiency through the application of technology and innovation, according to Indonesian minister.
Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman urged researchers of the Agricultural Research and Development Agency to support the government´s program to realize the food self-sufficiency within the next three years.
"I want to encourage agricultural researchers here to go to the field, to provide assistance, control of local government policy, the cultivation of of food crops, crop management, and post-harvest," Minister Sulaiman said at a meeting with 100 head of agricultural research centers from all over Indonesia in Cimanggu, Bogor district, West Java province on Friday (6/5).
Attending the head of the agency, Mohammad Syakir; Director General of Food Crops, Hasil Sembiring, and heads of the research centers across Indonesia.
On the occasion, Minister Sulaiman expressed his hope that researchers can take advantage of the agricultural budget as well as possible to support the advancement of the agricultural sector in Indonesia, welfare of farmers, and provide healthy food and affordable prices for all Indonesian people.
