Minister Of Agriculture And National Police Chief Sign MoU, Ensure Indonesian People's Food Security

Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo and National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo/Polri Public Relations

JAKARTA - Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo, and National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), or a memorandum of understanding related to food security and availability. The goal is to ensure that the needs of all Indonesian people are met.

"We signed an MoU between the National Police Chief and us at the Ministry of Agriculture. By the direction of President Joko Widodo, that the issue of food security and food availability for the people of 273 million people is a strategy that must be carried out optimally", said Syahrul at the National Police Headquarters, Tuesday, November 16.

This cooperation, said Syahrul, is because the Minister of Agriculture cannot work alone under supervision. Thus, he cooperates with the National Police to help ensure safe distribution in border and vulnerable areas.

On the same occasion, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo stated that the follow-up to this MoU would lead to a cooperation agreement (PKS) between the main Bareskrim officials and the Director-General of Agriculture.

"The MoU is carried out to encourage and accelerate so that the Ministry of Agriculture program really runs with optimal results. The Minister said there are 270 million people who are met with food needs every day, this is our concern on how to encourage agricultural productivity to increase", said Listyo.