JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto attended the Raya Harvest and Food Self-sufficiency Announcement in Karawang, West Java, Wednesday, which marked the achievement of Indonesia's rice reserves of 3 million tons this year.
Followed by the Presidential Secretariat online (online), the Head of State arrived at the location of the event, in Cilebar Village, Karawang Regency, at around 11.15 WIB using the presidential vehicle MV3 Garuda Limousine.
The President's presence was enthusiastically welcomed by a number of local residents from the heads of households and housewives who had gathered along the track to the event location.
They greeted him with joy while pointing their cell phone cameras at President Prabowo who appeared from behind the roof of the vehicle he was riding in, some of them jostling to shake hands.
Upon arrival at the location, the Head of State reviewed a number of products from the innovation of agricultural, plantation, and livestock downstream, in the exhibition area accompanied by Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman.
The President also ate the results of fruit plantations, reviewed coconut milk products, and tasted milk and coffee.
In the agenda, a number of advanced agricultural technologies that have been prepared to operate on a fairly large agricultural land area are also shown.
The tools are in the form of unmanned aerial vehicles, modern rice field plow tools, to modern rice milling machines that are spread across the rice fields.
Also present were a number of officials in the agenda, West Java Governor Dedy Mulyadi, North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution, East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa.
Meanwhile, a number of members of the Red and White Cabinet and national figures who attended included Coordinating Minister for Food and Agriculture Zulkifli Hasan, Minister of Village Development and Tourism Yandri Susanto, Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian, National Police Chief Listyo Sigit, Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya to Chairman of Commission IV of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Titiek Soeharto.
Previously reported, the President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto stated that the national rice reserves managed by Perum Bulog now reached more than 3 million tons, the highest in Indonesia's history and surpassing the record of the era of President Soeharto.
The Head of State said this achievement was the result of hard work by all levels and became the foundation for accelerating the target of food self-sufficiency which is targeted to be achieved in 4 years, even potentially realized in the first year of his administration.
In the midst of global geopolitical conflicts and uncertainties, the President emphasized the importance of food independence as a condition for national independence, while targeting self-sufficiency not only for rice, but also for other carbohydrate and protein commodities.
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