Facing The Threat Of A Global Food Crisis, Minister Of Agriculture: Each Regency Must Become A Food Barn

PADANG - To face the threat of a global food crisis and anticipation of climate change, Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo said there was a need for breakthroughs and certain ideas.

"There must be ideas or breakthroughs like each district must become a food barn by planting 1,000 hectares in each district," said Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo in Padang, West Sumatra, Saturday.

This was conveyed by the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia at the opening of the XVI Farmers Penas which was centered at the Sutan Sjahrir Airfield (Lanud), Padang City, West Sumatra, 10 to 15 June 2023

Moreover, the threat of the food crisis, he said, is predicted to affect around 30 percent of agricultural productivity and will continue to decline.

In addition, it is also necessary to pay attention to the efficiency of using fertilizers, including by starting to use more organic fertilizers or reducing the use of chemical fertilizers.

Regarding other steps in anticipating climate change and the global food crisis, the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) generally builds a joint commitment with Mainstay Fisherman Farmers Contacts (KTNA) as outlined in written form.

According to him, it is necessary to have periodic coordination between the Ministry of Agriculture and KTNA to continuously equalize perceptions in running national agricultural development programs.

"We have to thank the farmers because agriculture has become an economic cushion in dealing with the pandemic," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Agricultural Human Resources Counseling and Development Agency (BPPSDMP) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Dedi Nursyamsi, hopes that with the signing of a joint commitment between the Ministry of Agriculture and KTNA, it is hoped that a joint synergy will be established in carrying out the climate change anticipation program and the threat of a global food crisis.

"This joint commitment will further solid agricultural personnel in anticipating climate change and the threat of a global food crisis," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, June 10.

The Ministry of Agriculture itself has prepared various mitigation measures and adaptation of climate change as well as the threat of a global food crisis, one of which is that farmers must continue to produce without experiencing any problems.

Meanwhile, KTNA Chairman M Yadi Sofyan Noor said there were eight echelons I of the Ministry of Agriculture who would cooperate with KTNA in anticipating climate change and the threat of a global food crisis.

"This step is expected to be a joint movement in building national agriculture," he hoped.