The Scout Movement Must Care About Agriculture And Food Security Issues, Moeldoko: The Number Of Members Is Big, Could Be Strength

Presidential Chief of Staff Dr. Moeldoko. (Photo: Doc. Antara/KSP)

JAKARTA - Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko invites the Indonesian Scout Movement, which is dominated by young people, to get directly involved in developing the agricultural sector and help maintain national food security.

"If young Scouts participate in strengthening Indonesian agriculture, then they will be able to help the Indonesian government improve national food security. Young people who are the subject and object of the Scout Movement need to care about issues of agriculture and food security," said Moeldoko, quoted by Antara, Sunday. , coinciding with National Scout Day 2022.

He said based on the report of the Research and Development Center (Puslitbang) of the 2020 Scout Movement Kwarnas, the number of members of the Scout Movement in Indonesia was 25.27 million people, 24.01 million of whom were young people.

According to Moeldoko, the large number of Scout membership can be a force that can help the government's efforts to improve national food security in the midst of the threat of a global food crisis.

Moeldoko, who is also the General Chair of the Indonesian Farmers' Harmony Association (HKTI), invites the public not to be pessimistic about the number of farmers who are starting to dwindle over time. According to him, the government has been active in encouraging the millennial farmer movement and digital transformation of the agricultural sector.

"Young Scouts need to see that the agricultural sector is not just muddy. In agriculture there is a research sector, there is a cultivation sector, there is a trading sector, and there is a technology development sector. So the scope of the agricultural sector is very broad," said Moeldoko.

Meanwhile, the Head of the National Kwartir (Kwarnas) of the Scout Movement who is also the President Director of the Logistics Business Entity (Bulog) Budi Waseso stated that his party has a vision for Scout members to provide support to the government's national strategic programs, one of which is by becoming a distribution agent, self-sufficiency, and food security. national.