Suswono: Idealnya Jumlah Petani Menurun Imbangi Penyusutan Lahan
Suswono: Ideally Farmers Declining Balance Depreciation of Agricultural Land
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Pemerintah mengharapkan tenaga kerja di sektor pertanian meningkat, namun menyusutnya lahan pertanian memaksa Menteri Pertanian Suswono harus memilih jumlah petani menurun agar ideal perbandingan petani dengan luas lahan pertanian.
Kementerian Pertanian memperkirakan tenaga kerja subsektor tanaman pangan berkurang sekitar 4,9% pada 2012.
"Satuan lahan pertanian dibandingkan jumlah petani seharusnya lebih luas agar tercapai kesejahteraan. Terpaksa saya katakan saat ini lebih ideal jumlah tenaga kerja petani yang menurun," kata Suswono saat rapat kerja dengan Komisi IV DPR di Jakarta, Rabu (16/1).
Suswono mengakui pandangannya cukup kontroversial, apalagi karena berseberangan dengan program kerja instansinya sendiri. Namun dengan situasi minimnya lahan produktif yang dialami Indonesia, kondisi itu dia anggap paling rasional seraya membandingkan kondisi serupa dengan tren sektor pertanian global.
"Saya akui penyerapan tenaga kerja ini isu yang debatable. Tapi dari saran pelbagai ahli, termasuk di luar negeri jumlah petani on farm semakin turun semakin baik," ungkap menteri dari Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS) ini lagi.
Mentan menambahkan pengurangan tenaga kerja terjadi terutama pada sub sektor tanaman pangan. Pasalnya alih fungsi lahan sawah ke pertanian lainnya masih menjadi faktor kendala utama. Terutama alih lahan sawah ke kelapa sawit.
Jakarta (B2B) - The government expects labor in the agricultural sector increased, but the decrease in agricultural land forced the Minister of Agriculture Suswono should choose the number of farmers decreased to be ideal comparison farmers to agricultural land.
The Ministry of Agriculture estimates that food crops sub-sector employment decreased by about 4.9% in 2012.
"Units of agricultural land compared to the number of farmers should be broader to achieve prosperity. Forced me say today is more ideal number of farmers decreased workforce," said Suswono when meeting with Commission IV of the House of Representatives in Jakarta, Wednesday (16/1).
Suswono admits the idea is controversial, especially as opposed to the ministry he leads a work program. But with the lack of productive land in Indonesia, the condition that he considers the most rational while comparing similar conditions with the trend of global agriculture.
"I admit that employment is a debatable issue. But from the advice of various experts, including outside the country the number of farmers on the farm down the better," said the minister of the Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS).
Minister of Agriculture adds a workforce reduction occurred primarily in food crops sub-sector. Because land conversion to agricultural fields are still a major limiting factor. Especially transfer paddy fields to palm oil.
