Visit To South Korea, Moeldoko Invites Investors Of Agricultural Technology Cooperation In Indonesia

JAKARTA - Presidential Chief of Staff (KSP) Moeldoko, invited South Korean investors to invest in the agricultural technology sector in Indonesia. According to him, this collaboration is a golden opportunity for the two countries to grow together amid the threat of a world food crisis.

In an interview with the Maekyung Media Group (MBN), South Korea's largest media network, in Seoul, last Thursday, Moeldoko emphasized that investing in Indonesia is very profitable for South Korea.

Indonesia has 270 inhabitants that can become a large market, with abundant natural resources and a stable economy.

He said, Indonesia has land availability, supporting natural conditions, rich varieties, and the availability of large human resources and markets.

"South Korea has advanced agricultural technology. If this collaboration can be maximized, it is not impossible that Indonesia and South Korea can maintain food security, and even grow amid the threat of a world food crisis," said Moeldoko.

Furthermore, he said the global agro farming world is experiencing complicated problems, namely the regeneration of agricultural actors. Farmers are getting older and young people are not interested in getting into agriculture. If this is not resolved immediately, continued Moeldoko, then the world food crisis could occur.

"In Indonesia, the bright spot for this problem has been carried out. Young people have been involved in the agricultural industry with a technology approach," he said.

The chairman of the Indonesian Farmers Harmony Association (HKTI), told about the youth movement to build Indonesian agriculture. The action, which was declared in the name of the Indonesian Farmers' Advance Movement, he said, had produced superior agricultural products using a technological approach, such as superior and resistant seeds from pest attacks and weather.

"They also use artificial intelligence in production, resulting in efficiency," said Moeldoko.

The 2013-2015 TNI Commander said that what young people were doing in advancing the agricultural sector through this technological approach was the modernization of the Marhaen concept initiated by President Soekarno.

At that time, he said, the first President of the Republic of Indonesia met a farmer named Marhaen who owned land and agricultural equipment, but claimed to be poor.

"He thought he was then sparked the idea of Pak Karno's movement to prosper and provide justice for farmers. For that I call the Indonesian Advanced Farmers Movement Neo Marhaen," said Moeldoko. KSP's working visit, General TNI (Ret.) Moeldoko, to Seoul, South Korea to be a speaker at the World Knowledge Forum (WKF).

The forum, which has been ongoing since 2000, has gathered 200 entrepreneurs and experts from around the world to predict the future, and discuss solutions to the problems facing globally.