Mentan Suswono Terima Menteri Peternakan dan Perikanan Sudan
MoA Suswono Visited by Sudan Minister of Livestocks and Fisheries
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Pertanian Suswono menerima kunjungan Menteri Peternakan dan Perikanan Republik Sudan, Dr Faisal Hassan Ibrahim di kantornya, Kementerian Pertanian di kawasan Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan, Rabu (3/7).
Kunjungan tersebut dalam rangka mempererat hubungan baik antara kedua negara sekaligus membahas mengenai peternakan dan pelatihan, serta rencana pengiriman tenaga ahli pertanian Indonesia dan Sudan. Sebelumnya, pada 22 April 2013, Mentan Suswono mengunjungi Sudan.
Sekembalinya dari Sudan, kepada pers pada 29 April 2013, Mentan Suswono mengatakan Indonesia sepakat untuk membantu Kementerian Pertanian dan Irigasi Sudan dalam program pengembangan budi daya padi sesuai tawaran pemerintah Sudan pada lahan White Nile seluas kurang lebih 80 ribu hektar.
Untuk tahap pertama, kata Suswono, dalam waktu dekat Indonesia akan mengirimkan tim untuk melakukan studi kelayakan lokasi dan potensi lahan. Apabila memenuhi kriteria akan memberikan dampak positif bagi kedua negara, mengingat kian minimnya lahan pertanian di Indonesia sementara Sudan membutuhkan dukungan modernisasi pertanian.
Jakarta (B2B) - Minister of Agriculture Suswono visited by the Minister of Livestocks and Fisheries of the Republic of Sudan, Dr. Faisal Hassan Ibrahim in his office, the Ministry of Agriculture in the Ragunan, South Jakarta, Wednesday (3/7).
The visit was aimed at fostering good relations between the two countries at once to discuss the farm and training, and the the plan to send agricultural experts from Indonesia to Sudan. Previously, on 22 April 2013, Minister of Agriculture Suswono visiting Sudan.
Upon his return from Sudan, told reporters on 29 April 2013, Minister of Agriculture Suswono said Indonesia agreed to help the Sudanese Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation in rice cultivation development program in accordance Sudanese government offer the White Nile area of approximately 80 thousand hectares.
For the first phase, said Suswono, in the near future Indonesia will send a team to conduct a feasibility study and potential field locations. If they meet the criteria will have a positive impact for both countries, given the growing lack of agricultural land in Indonesia while Sudan needs support agricultural modernization.
