JAKARTA - Army Chief of Staff (Kasad) General TNI Maruli Simanjuntak, M.Sc., together with West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi, carried out a horticultural commodity harvest in the Agroforestry program in Gunung Hejo, Subang, West Java, Sunday (6/7/2025). This program was developed to encourage the welfare of farmers and strengthen national food security.
Panen includes chili, tomatoes, terong, and other commodities, the cultivation of the Agroforestry system which integrates agriculture and forestry in non-productive lands. This activity is a collaboration between Alumni Persada 92 with the Indonesian Army, West Java Provincial Government, forestry agencies, PT Pupuk Indonesia, and the surrounding community.
Ini adalah salah satu program yang kita tunjukkan bahwa kita akan membuat 950 hektare kebun buah dan juga tanaman horticultura. Jadi kita membentuk Agroforestry yang akan terus dilanjutkan bekerja sama dengan PT Pupuk Indonesia, jelas Maruli kepada awak media.
According to Kasad, this program is part of an agreement between the Indonesian Army and the West Java Provincial Government, including agriculture, healthy kitchens, livestock, clean water supply, to the construction of road access to schools.
Kasad emphasized that the contribution of the Indonesian Army in the field of food security was real. "The harvest is clear that people can work, and with food self-sufficiency, Indonesia does not need imports," he said.
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This agroforestry was also developed in the Purwakarta, Cianjur, Pangalengan, Pangandaran, Garut, and Ciemas Sukabumi areas, with a target of around 200 hectares of land per location. This program involves local farmer groups to ensure the sustainability and long-term economic benefits.
West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi welcomed this initiative. The TNI's pioneering is to return the people of West Java to love their land, love their water, and plant for welfare. There is no reason to import food if people have plants and livestock in every house," he said.
The Gunung Hejo Agroforestry program is part of the Indonesian Army's initiative to revive sleeping land and limited production forest areas into productive, environmentally friendly, and competitive land.
This first harvest is the first step in an effort to build integrated agriculture that can be replicated in various parts of Indonesia, in order to support regional resilience while at the same time encouraging national economic independence.
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