The National Police Chief Appreciates The Surplus Condition Of Rice Production Of 9.7 Million Tons

JAKARTA - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo appreciates the condition of surplus rice production of 9.7 million tons at the end of 2021 as a form of national food security in food commodities.

"The proof is that we have a surplus of 9.7 million rice. I remember very well how every last three months we always check food stocks, some time ago some of our food stocks were at 1.5 million, at most 2 million. But today we can 9.7 million. This is an extraordinary achievement," said the National Police Chief while attending the Agricultural Export Festival at Makassar's Soekarno-Hatta Port as reported by Antara, Friday, December 31.

With this surplus condition, the National Police Chief believes that the dream of exporting domestically produced rice can be realized in the coming year.

The National Police Chief hopes that the synergy between the National Police and the Ministry of Agriculture will continue to increase, so that monitoring of the development of the agricultural sector can continue. Moreover, said Sigit, the National Police as a security institution also plays a role in the security of food availability.

"We have to strengthen the synergy between agricultural stakeholders to take action from upstream to downstream. One of them is with the police. I also heard that in every trip to the area, the Minister always asked the Kapolda and the Head of the Resort Police to accompany him," he said.

Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo expressed his gratitude for the synergy between the Police and the Ministry of Agriculture so far. For him, the success of agriculture in increasing exports, improving the welfare of farmers and building public confidence in food security cannot be separated from the role of the National Police who always accompany them.

The Ministry of Agriculture held an Agricultural Export Festival which was held simultaneously from 34 provinces whose volume reached 1.3 million tons with a value of Rp. 14.4 trillion to 124 countries on the last day of 2021.

The activity with the theme "Resilient Exports, Growing Indonesia" was attended by Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, and Acting Governor of South Sulawesi Andi Sudirman Sulaiman to release exports as well as joint sea patrols at Soekarno Hatta Port, Makassar.