TANJUNG SELOR - Governor of North Kalimantan (Kaltara) Zainal A. Paliwang is optimistic about meeting the self-sufficiency target given by the Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman.
He made sure to immediately follow up on Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman's direction on optimizing food self-sufficiency. He conveyed this after attending the Agricultural Coordination Meeting which was held at the North Kalimantan Governor's Office, Wednesday (7/5).
"We are very optimistic to achieve it, supported by the budget to produce optimalized rice fields, we get approximately Rp 500 billion more than 7 thousand hectares," said the Governor.
He said that according to what was conveyed by the Minister of Agriculture, which was targeted to be self-sufficient for 4 years by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, but by the Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman, it could be completed in approximately 6 months.
"Hopefully the target given by the Minister of Agriculture to the province of Kaltara, for example 2 years or 1 year we can complete 6 months," he said.
Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman is scheduled to visit Kaltara in order to attend the Agricultural Coordination Meeting. Where the Coordination Meeting takes the theme "Acceleration of Food Self-Sufficiency Through Optimization of Rice Fields and Rice Fields".
In his direction, Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman asked for the capacity of the Regents in Kaltara to be able to receive agricultural equipment and funds to encourage rice fields printing programs in their respective areas.
Meanwhile, Minister of Agriculture Amran Sulaiman expressed his appreciation, priorities and support for the Regent of Malinau Wempi W. Mawa, and Regent of Nunukan H. Irwan Sabri who carried out food self-sufficiency in his area which directly bordered Malaysia.
Minister Amran said Kaltara Province had extraordinary potential under Governor Zainal's leadership, then he also set a target for a rice field printing program within 6 months.
"North Kalimantan, we agreed that our target was to start working in the year no later than 2 years, if it took 1 year it had been completed. Our target, if possible, is 1 year this period will be completed, maybe 3 months, 4 months later, as soon as I want to harvest, "said Minister Amran.
Kami ingin Kalimantan Utara membuat sejarah baru.Legacy Pak Gubernur luar biasa, sejarah baru selama ada Kalimantan Utara mampu mandiri pangan bahkan dream kita 1 tahun 2 tahun kedepan mampu mensuplai kabupaten lain, provinsi lain bahkan tetangga, sambungnya.
In the coordination meeting, he revealed that he had carried out various calculations carefully and carefully regarding budget assistance which would soon be realized to the Provincial Government of Kaltara. He hopes that Kaltara can become one of the areas where rice production continues to increase, so that it no longer receives rice from other regions or provinces.
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