JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan said the government was accelerating the construction of energy self-sufficiency, and the national water that Merauke would build, South Papua.
Zulhas, as he is familiarly called, said that his party had also accelerated the process of changing spatial planning, such as Hak Guna Usaha (HGU) to other administrative requirements.
"And those that are already in spatial planning, the report of the Minister of Forestry (King Juli Antoni) is 481,000 hectares," he said at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, September 16.
Furthermore, Zulhas said the government is targeting land acquisition for the energy and water self-sufficiency program in Merauke, South Papua, to reach 1 million hectares.
"The target will be more than 1 million," he said.
Previously, it was reported that the Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan said that the Merauke area would be prepared as a center for food security as well as energy and water for the future.
Zulhas, as he is familiarly called, said that through this program the government increased national food stocks. He also said the government needed wider land to meet domestic food needs.
In addition, said Zulhas, free nutritious food programs also need additional carbohydrates, because it needs land clearing other than Java.
"Indeed, we have a surplus of rice carbohydrates, around 3 million more this year, but with this nutritious food we are worried. Therefore, the population continues to increase, while the land in Java will decrease. So this will be in Merauke, precisely in Wanam," he said at the Office of the Coordinating Ministry for Food, Jakarta, Tuesday, September 16.
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This step, continued Zulhas, is in line with President Prabowo Subianto's direction so that Indonesia is independent, no longer depends on other countries for the basic needs of the people.
"So indeed we must be sovereign, there should be no bargaining all at cost," he said.
The Merauke area is also projected to be a source of new jobs, in line with the government's economic stimulus program which emphasizes employment.
"With this acceleration, Merauke will become a motor for food, energy and national water independence as well as open up wide job opportunities for the community," he concluded.
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