Agricultural Transformation Called Moeldoko Can Answer Farmers' Regeneration Challenges

Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko at the Maju Tani Nusantara event in Jakarta, Monday 23 October (Special)

JAKARTA - Presidential Chief of Staff, Moeldoko said that one of the world threats in the agricultural sector is the regeneration of farmers. Carrying the concept of Meta Farming', they create modern farming technology, including in the limited use of land. Previously, Moeldoko attended the World Food Forum (WFF) which was held at the FAO head office on 16-20 October in Rome, Italy voiced a real action in dealing with the threat by inviting young people to carry out agricultural transformations to jointly face these challenges.

In the past farming was synonymous with muddyness, but now we have to involve the younger generation with a new approach. They have a concept, namely with a technological approach such as IoT and AI which was developed into a way of farming in the future," said Moeldoko at the Maju Tani Nusantara event in Jakarta, Monday 23 October.

Not only the problem of farmer regeneration, Moeldoko also mentioned that increasing the population and narrow land are currently a challenge in agricultural issues from time to time.

In dealing with these problems, new paradigms need to be carried out in more modern land management, one of which is done by developing smart meta farming.

These updates make young people interested, even they can exceed traditional agricultural boundaries, added Moeldoko.

On this occasion, Moeldoko, who is also the General Chair of the Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI), supported the Maju Tani Movement to accommodate the younger generation who are interested in agricultural development.

In this container, young people carry out smart farming with a meta farming model to deal with challenges in the agricultural sector.

The involvement of young people in conducting research and innovation in the agricultural sector, explained Moeldoko, is the modality to hijack the food crisis into new opportunities for Indonesia.

One of them is Indonesia's innovation which continues to develop MD 70 rice seeds to support rice production. This MD 70 rice seed allows rice harvest in just 70 days (comparing to the usual time which requires 110 days) with results reaching 9 tons per hectare.

I collaborated with farmers from generation X and baby boomers, so there is an exchange between wisdom and technology. Wisdom from traditional farmers, technology from young people, which if collaborated will be extraordinary," said Moeldoko.

On this occasion, Moeldoko also mentioned that this farmer forward movement does not only stop at technological innovation. Socialization will continue to be carried out directly to the people in the field.

"We hope that the contribution of this movement is real, because it is seeing is believing," he concluded.

For information, the Maju Tani Nusantara movement is a forum for the movement of young people in carrying out transformation and development in the agricultural sector. Carrying the concept of 'Meta Farming', they create modern farming technology, including in the limited use of land.