JAKARTA - Vice President (Vice President) Gibran Rakabuming Raka met a farmer group in Kolisia Village, Magepanda District, Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Tuesday, and handed over assistance in the form of 10 hand tractors and water pumps for local farmers.
The meeting of Vice President Gibran with farmers in Sikka is the first agenda for the Vice President's working visit to NTT.
"The vice president chatted casually with farmer representatives and listened to their aspirations regarding agricultural issues," said the official broadcast of the Press, Media and Information Bureau of the Vice Presidential Secretariat (BPMI Setwapres) as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 6.
The assistance handed over by Vice President Gibran is expected to increase the efficiency and production capacity of farmer groups in Kolisia Village, Sikka, NTT.
Kolisia Village is one of the agricultural centers in Sikka Regency, which is also one of the food barns in NTT. The majority of farmers in Kolosia Village plant Empari 16, which is known to excel because they are resistant to climate change.
In its meeting with farmers, Vice President Gibran emphasized the government's commitment to continue to strengthen the agricultural sector, including by ensuring the availability of agricultural tools and machinery, the availability of fertilizers, and adequate irrigation for farmers' fields.
The Vice President also expressed his hope that the rice fields in Kolisia Village, Sikka, could help NTT realize food independence in eastern Indonesia.
In his meeting with farmers, Vice President Gibran was accompanied by Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman, Governor of NTT Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, and Sikka Regent Juventus Prima Yoris Kago.
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At the location of the Vice President's visit to Sikka, Minister of Agriculture Amran again emphasized that the government will continue to go to the field to directly check the needs of farmers, especially those concerning fertilizers.
"We checked directly in the field so that production can be ensured to increase. Later we will immediately (coordinate), earlier the Minister of Public Works called him extraordinary, he is extraordinary. We are very grateful to the Minister of Public Works, so responsive. We conveyed about dams, water irrigation has not been optimal, he will, this year, will fix it," said Andi Amran Sulaiman.
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