PDIP Invites Millennials To Become Pioneers Of Food Technology Innovations

Discussion Of 'Millionaire Farmers: Innovation And Creation Towards Sustainable Modern Agriculture' At The PDIP DPP Office, Menteng, Jakarta, Thursday, September 21 (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The chairman of the PDI-P (PDIP) DPP Djarot Saiful Hidayat invited millennials to innovate in the field of food technology. Thus, domestic needs can be met. This was conveyed by Djarot after the discussion of 'Eleminal Farmers: Innovation and Creation Towards Sustainable Modern Agriculture' at the PDIP DPP Office, Menteng, Jakarta, Thursday, September 21. This activity is a series ahead of the IV PDIP national working meeting (Rakernas). "The availability of food, this is inseparable from the human resources, especially millennials," said Djarot to journalists. "We encourage these millennials to really become driving power, pioneer farmers who are able to produce technological innovations in increasing our food production," he continued. Djarot explained that he had asked to gather five thousand millennial farmers. Because, the First President of the Republic of Indonesia Soekarno or Bung Karno had mentioned the role of young children in particular in agriculture when building the Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB). "Because what? Because if we are not prepared early then there will be degeneracy, not regeneration. Farmers in the village we see most of the age," he said. In the same location, Chairman of the PDIP DKM Cooperative and UMKMMMM Mindo Sianipar said this activity was actually a real proof of the presence of parties in the community. He hopes that many young children will be interested in becoming farmers after hearing the story of millennial farmers presented. The activity is attended by Millennial Farmers Ambassadors of the Ministry of Agriculture from Cianjur Regency, West Java, Sandi Octa Susila; Millennial Farmers Ambassadors of the Ministry from Magelang Rayndra Syah and Mahmudin Regency; the raw water cultiving of the bioflok system Moh Aji Urohim; and millennial farmers who are successful in red onions cultivation from Bandung Regency, Jabar, Ujang Margana.

Mindo hopes that the government will continue to help farmers, including millennial farmers, to continue to grow. "Commission IV of the DPR will also be able to help disseminate their networks (businesses)," he said. "Without the younger generation who will come, agriculture is difficult. If agriculture is difficult, the country's life will be difficult," concluded Mindo.