In order to support the Asta Cita Presiden program in the field of food security, the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) continues to encourage the nation's independence through food self-sufficiency.
Not only relying on existing agricultural land, the Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman plans to utilize other potential lands such as swampland, especially mineral swamps, to increase food production and achieve self-sufficiency.
On a working visit, in the context of the Plant Area Expansion Movement in Kaltara province as a Food Self-Sufficiency Acceleration in 2025, Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman inspected agricultural land in Sajau Hilir Village, Tanjung Palas Timur, Bulungan Regency.
Minister Amran said North Kalimantan Province (Kaltara) is very potential with a large area, millions of hectares of undeveloped land that has the potential to be developed for agriculture.
"The land in Kaltara is very fertile with abundant river water which contains carbohydrates and protein, it is a shame if it is only channeled into the sea. The problem with fertilizers, safe seeds, we are improving irrigation together with the Ministry of Public Works (PU)," said the Minister of Agriculture.
For Kaltara Province, the Ministry of Agriculture targets the planting index (IP) 1 to become IP 2 or 3 with irrigation improvements, added planting area (LTT), land optimization (Oplah) and the utilization of alsintan by farmers.
"The president pays great attention to farmers, from upstream to downstream. We make sure IP increases, welfare increases. Productivity increases, then Kaltara Province does not need to take rice from other provinces and inflation increases. We make farmers happy, make farmers prosperous, that's the President's message to us. Be a torch in people's countries," said Minister of Agriculture Amran.
"To achieve food self-sufficiency, we cannot work alone. We must join hands with all parties," said Head of Santi.
On the sidelines of the visit of the Minister of Agriculture, Head of the Inneke Agricultural Training Center (Kapuslatan) Kusumawaty invited all components in Kaltara to work together and maximize all existing potentials to accelerate LTT in Kaltara Province.
"According to the instructions of the Minister of Agriculture, do not waste a piece of land. Optimize all the existing potentials, the alsintan that has been received is government investment, so do not let the alsintan stall unproductively. Take advantage of the alsintan every day so that the LTT target can be achieved and in the end productivity can increase. We must respond to the target of increasing IP with real action. If previously farmers only planted once a year, then after the LTT program farmers could grow two or three times a year, "said Inneke.
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