Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto has stated that since\n31 December 2025, Indonesia has achieved rice self-sufficiency, with a\ntarget of comprehensive food self-sufficiency within the next three\nyears.<\/p>\n
The statement, delivered on 8 February 2026, naturally inspires pride\nand hope. In an agrarian nation such as Indonesia, food independence is\nnot merely a statistical achievement but a symbol of sovereignty and\nnational dignity.<\/p>\n
Today, in the era of satellites and geospatial intelligence, the\ndynamics of paddy fields and agricultural land are no longer understood\nsolely through administrative reports or limited surveys. They can be\nread from space.<\/p>\n
However, as an academic who has spent three and a half decades\nresearching soil, paddy fields, and landscapes, a fundamental question\narises: Do we truly know the actual condition of paddy fields on the\nground? How much land is genuinely cultivated, rather than merely\nrecorded? How many harvests actually take place each year on every plot\nof paddy from Sumatra to Papua?<\/p>\n
When floods submerge paddy fields or drought cracks the earth into\nlong fissures, what is the state of the rice crops upon which millions\nof families across the archipelago depend?<\/p>\n
Self-sufficiency is not simply a matter of national production\nfigures meeting domestic demand without imports. Self-sufficiency is a\nstory about soil health, water availability, and wise spatial\nmanagement.<\/p>\n
If the soil is degraded, self-sufficiency collapses. If the soil is\npreserved, food security is assured. That is why it is important to look\ndeeper. This is not to cast doubt on achievements, but to ensure that\noptimism stands upon honest data.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/food-self-sufficiency-through-the-eyes-of-satellites-1771721006", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }