Deputy Minister Sudaryono Ready To Succeed Prabowo's Vision In Realizing Self-Sufficiency And Food Security

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Agriculture (Wamentan) Sudaryono emphasized his commitment to support President Prabowo's vision of strengthening independence, resilience and realizing national food self-sufficiency.

"Obviously our program is to carry out the president's vision. President Prabowo has a big vision in relation to food independence, food security and also food self-sufficiency," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 22.

He is optimistic that the programs that have been planned can be realized in the near future.

Furthermore, the man who is familiarly called Mas Dar emphasized the importance of togetherness and cohesiveness in all work units of the Ministry of Agriculture to achieve this goal.

Not only that, he continued, the synergy and cross-sectoral collaboration were also variables for success in realizing national food self-sufficiency.

He also underlined the sustainability of the program between the administration of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and President Prabowo, especially in terms of agricultural intensification and extensification.

He assessed that the sustainability of the program in the agricultural sector proves that both of them have a strong commitment to national food security.

"The intensification program has proven to increase the planting index (IP) from one to two or even three times," said Wamenan.

He explained his experience for three months as Deputy Minister of Agriculture or Deputy Minister of Agriculture, where he has collaborated with Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman to strengthen the national food system.

"I have been Deputy Minister for more than three months. I have also collaborated with the Minister. So I really understand how to run the bureaucracy," he explained.

Previously, Sudaryono was officially appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture along with other deputy ministers in the Red and White Cabinet for the period 2024-2029, which was held at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Monday, October 21.

Sudaryono was again mandated to carry out his duties as Deputy Minister by President Prabowo Subianto, after previously being appointed by President Joko Widodo for the remainder of his term of office on July 18, 2024.