DPN HKTI Please Farmers In The Future Not Only Enough But Also Profit

Illustration of farmers (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the DPN HKTI (Indonesian Farmers Harmony Association) Fadli Zon hopes that the future of farmers will always be profitable. He assessed that currently most farmers, the results are still only sufficient to meet their daily needs.

He said, this condition will have a direct impact on the welfare of farmers and there will be no regeneration of farmers. There will be no younger generation who will be interested in entering the world of unfavorable businesses such as agricultural businesses.

"This is worrying, because the average age of our farmers is above 50 years. The estuary with the absence of regeneration will have an impact on national food production and availability," said Fadli Zon in his statement, Tuesday, February 26.

HKTI views this condition as a big danger that must be anticipated. The key to the solution to the problem is that farming must be guaranteed profit.

"The basic formula, according to HKTI, is that the cost of production principal must be lowered and production results are guaranteed to be purchased at least 30% of the cost of production," Fadli Zon explained.

The availability of cheap fertilizer is the main thing to reduce the cost of farming business production. Of course, in addition to being cheap, the availability is guaranteed to be needed. At least this cheap and always available fertilizer is for urea types.

Furthermore, the high land rental costs determined by the land owner must be lowered and regulated by clear regulations. This is important, because land lease is one of the significant cost of production.

"Also because most farmers are cultivators, not land owners. This agricultural land rental regulation is made in such a way based on the zoning of land which also guarantees the benefits of land owners," said Fadli Zon.

The next thing is the availability of agricultural drugs labeled G or generic. So far, there is no generic agricultural medicine, even though there are only generic drugs for humans. Therefore, making generic agricultural drugs, according to HKTI's view, is very feasible.

Cheap fertilizer prices, agricultural land rental prices that are not expensive and regulated by clear regulations, and the availability of generic agricultural drugs, become the main recipe for profit farming business guarantees. If these three things can reduce the cost of production by IDR 750 - IDR 1,000 per kg GKP, it will significantly provide benefits for farmers.

Finally, every year before the planting period, the purchase price of the government (HPP) of unhulled rice guarantees 30% above the cost of production. With the cost of derivative production and HPP of unhulled rice which guarantees a 30% profit for farmers that is adjusted annually, it will improve the welfare of farmers and become an attraction for the younger generation to enter the agricultural business sector.

"The source of national food supply and availability is guaranteed, farmers are more prosperous, and consumers are happy because food prices are affordable," said the Gerindra cadre.