The Chief of the Indonesian National Police, General Listyo Sigit\nPrabowo, reaffirmed the Bhayangkara Corps\u2019 commitment to supporting the\nnational food security programme. This was demonstrated by a concrete\naction: simultaneous corn planting on 3,035.89 hectares managed by the\nregional police forces across Indonesia in the first quarter of\n2026.<\/p>\n
General Sigit personally led the corn-planting event from South\nSumatra, specifically on land behind the Serai Indah Housing Complex in\nOgan Ilir Regency, on Saturday 7 March 2026. He was accompanied by\nDeputy Minister of Agriculture Sudaryono and Bulog President Director\nAhmad Rizal Ramdhani (retired Lieutenant General).<\/p>\n
Deputy Police Chief Dedi Prasetyo attended the event virtually from\nPolda Metro Jaya. At the site, the Police Chief was accompanied by\nseveral senior officers including Kabaintelkam Komjen Yuda Gustawan,\nDankorbrimob Komjen Ramdani Hidayat, Assistant to the Chief of Human\nResources Irjen Anwar, Head of Public Relations Irjen Johnny Eddizon\nIsir, and the Head of the SSDM Polri\u2019s Personnel and Training Brig.\nGen.\u00a0Langgeng Purnomo.<\/p>\n
Also present at the site were Governor of South Sumatra Herman Deru,\ntogether with the Forkopimda including South Sumatra Police Chief Irjen\nSandi Nugroho, and II\/Sriwijaya Military Area Commander Maj. Gen.\u00a0Ujang\nDarwis.<\/p>\n
The arrival of the Police Chief and entourage was greeted with a\nsongket-wrapping ceremony. They then inspected an Agricultural Machinery\nExhibition (Alsintan).<\/p>\n
The total area at the site for the Police Chief and entourage is 40\nhectares. Of this, 20 hectares were prepared for simultaneous corn\nplanting. Previously, 10 hectares had been planted with corn, 8 hectares\nwith cassava and 2 hectares with vegetables. The total corn-planting\narea in South Sumatra Police (Polda Sumsel) is 769.5 hectares.<\/p>\n
The simultaneous corn-planting activity demonstrates that Polri is\nnot merely securing food distribution but is directly engaging in\nproduction. The Police Chief, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, and\nBulog\u2019s Director General also conducted an interactive dialogue via\nvideo conference with several regional police heads, including West Java\nPolice Chief in Sumedang, Riau Police Chief in Pelalawan, and Central\nKalimantan Police Chief in Pulang Pisau, who were also planting corn in\ntheir respective areas.<\/p>\n
In his remarks, General Sigit stated that this simultaneous\ncorn-planting activity is a follow-up to President Prabowo Subianto\u2019s\ndirective. He had briefed the President about the plan a few days\nearlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked him whether the programme should continue, and he ordered me\nto continue. So of course this is his mandate, and we must implement it\nproperly,\u201d General Sigit said at the site.<\/p>\n
The Police Chief explained that this commitment is crucial as demand\nfor food, particularly corn, is rising, in line with other national\nstrategic programmes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis time the needs are greater because there is also the MBG (Makan\nBergizi Gratis) programme, a food programme requiring sufficient\nlivestock feed, so inevitably, besides ordinary needs, there is also\nextra demand,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to him, this will have a positive impact on the people\u2019s\neconomy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will also spur economic growth in the regions, particularly with\nfarmers becoming more motivated to till the land again and ensure that\nthe outputs are absorbed at fair prices,\u201d added General Sigit.<\/p>\n
In addition to planting corn, General Sigit, in this agenda, handed\nover production equipment to support farmers\u2019 operations. The aid\nincluded 25 units of corn shelling machines, 8 units of drying machines,\nand 2,000 food packages for local communities.<\/p>\n
Polri also facilitated access to capital through the signing of a\nCooperation Agreement (PKS) between the Assistant to the Chief of HR and\nthe leadership of Bank Himbara.<\/p>\n
Amid the agricultural programme, the Police Chief also inaugurated 57\nRed-and-White Presisi Bridges built by the South Sumatra Police. The\nbridges were built to connect isolated areas to accelerate the\ndistribution of logistics and agricultural produce. One of them is\nBanyuasin Bridge, which has proved especially beneficial to residents,\nparticularly schoolchildren.<\/p>\n
The event closed with a symbolic corn planting action by the Police\nChief and entourage using a corn seeder on the Ogan Ilir site, which is\nthe pilot project for the food security programme in South Sumatra.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/chief-of-the-indonesian-national-police-leads-simultaneous-corn-planting-on-3-035-89-hectares-to-support-food-1772881298", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }