Minister Of Agriculture Encourages Jeneponto To Become Quality Agriculture-Animal Husbandry Center

Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo encourages Jeneponto Regency, South Sulawesi, to become a center for quality agriculture and animal husbandry to meet national food needs.

"I want in all villages in Jeneponto there is agriculture that can produce twice as much. I also ask the Ministry of Agriculture to help all agricultural development processes in this area to become the agricultural and livestock sector for domestic and export food fulfillment," said Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin. Limpo was reported by Antara, Saturday, April 17.

The Minister of Agriculture attended an integrated livestock service activity in the State Mainstay Buffalo Cattle Priority Program (Sikomandan) in Bontomanai Village, Rumbia District, Jeneponto Regency, South Sulawesi.

The Minister of Agriculture SYL monitors the development of ready-to-sell buffalo which have above average weight. Therefore, Syahrul said the government would encourage the regency to become one of the regencies with quality livestock centers.

Apart from livestock, the Minister of Agriculture will also provide assistance in the form of coffee plantation development, banana plantations, horse seeds and buffalo calves that can be developed to meet the national market.

"The Ministry of Agriculture will encourage coffee, banana, horse and buffalo seedlings for Jeneponto. I see that today Jeneponto is getting better and has shown a good trend. So the rice plants, road corn, road vegetables and fruits also work," he said.

He hopes that Jeneponto farmers and breeders will use the People's Business Credit (KUR) fund as a capital strength in running a much better farming business.

"Agriculture here is already good, the first activity is still farming, but in both activities, the community is raising livestock. So in the future we will add more gardening. This means that if we build a banana garden of 10 thousand trees, for example, there must be a mother who makes the chips industry until Banana flour. That's why you use the KUR funds. God willing, the breeders will progress, have their own feed, have their own slaughterhouses and have their own production, "said the Minister of Agriculture SYL.