Entrepreneurs Call Free Nutrition Eating Program Create Agro Industry In Rural Areas

JAKARTA - The Central Executive Board (BPP) of the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (Hipmi) assesses that free nutritious food can present agro-industrial in rural areas.

BPP Secretary General Hipmi Anggawira assessed that the program carried by the elected president and vice president Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka was not only aimed at providing nutritious food to the community, but could also be a driving force for the development of the agricultural and industrial sectors in rural areas.

"It (Free Nutrition Lunch Program) will create an ecosystem that can support, open jobs and also open agro-industrials in rural areas," Anggawira said quoting Antara.

With this program, demand for agricultural products will increase, thus encouraging the growth of agro-industrials in rural areas.

The program can create new opportunities for local farmers to increase their production. Farmers will be encouraged to produce the high-quality agricultural products needed to meet the needs of this nutritious eating program.

According to him, agro-industrial will also not only increase agricultural production, but also open up various job opportunities in the agricultural, processing and distribution sectors.

He added that this increase in job opportunities would have a positive impact on the welfare of rural communities because their income would increase, which would ultimately boost economic growth.

According to him, with the free nutritious lunch program, the nation's goal to achieve the 2045 demographic bonus can be achieved.

The nutrients needed for the development of children are not only provided by the program, but also for future generations to certainly grow healthy and intelligent.

Therefore, Anggawira emphasized the importance of full support for the program. This nutritious lunch program must be seen as a strategic effort for the nation's future, not just a short-term project.

With strong support, the foundation for achieving Indonesia Gold 2045 can be built by this program.

"This is true that it must be supported not only in the context of improving the quality of our nation's human resources, because if we look at it in the context of our nutrition, we are relatively not left behind, but it is a part of creating a business ecosystem," said Anggawira.

Previously, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia Sri Mulyani Indrawati allocated a budget for the Free Nutrition Food (MBG) program of IDR 71 trillion in the 2025 State Revenue and Expenditure Budget Draft (RAPBN).

As is known, the MBG program is one of the priority programs of the elected president and vice president Prabowo-Gibran.

Prabowo has said that he agreed that the implementation of MBG's free nutritious food program will be carried out in stages and for the first year of his administration in 2025 it has been agreed that an allocation of around Rp71 trillion in the 2025 RAPBN," Sri Mulyani said at a press conference on the Current Economic Fundamental Conditions and the 2025 RAPBN in Jakarta, Monday (24/6).

Sri Mulyani detailed that the implementation of the MBG Program will be carried out in stages, with an allocation of IDR 71 trillion, which is the budget for the first year.

The MBG Porgram Budget has been included in the posture of the 2025 RAPBN which was agreed upon in the discussion of the Macro Economic Framework and the Principles of Fiscal Policy (KEM-PPKF).