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        "msgid": "indonesias-food-security-push-and-prabowo-inaugurates-dams-1783738309",
        "date": "2026-07-11 08:32:02",
        "title": "Indonesia's food security push and Prabowo inaugurates dams",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto expressed optimism that Indonesia can become a global food basket as national production rises, enabling exports. He simultaneously inaugurated five dams across the country, including the Meninting Dam in West Lombok, which will supply raw water to 100,000 residents. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto also forecast a strengthening of the Indonesian economy in the second half of 2026.",
        "content": "<p>President Prabowo Subianto is optimistic that Indonesia can become a\nglobal food basket as national food production increases, opening up\nexport opportunities to various countries. In a speech during the\ninauguration of the Meninting Dam in West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, on\nFriday, President Prabowo stated that Indonesia has shown significant\nprogress in the food sector, shifting from previously relying on imports\nto now beginning to export various food commodities.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto is\noptimistic that the Indonesian economy will strengthen again in the\nthird and fourth quarters of 2026. \u2018We will see later, heading into the\nthird and fourth quarters, the economy will rise again,\u2019 Airlangga said\nwhen met at his office in Jakarta on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Public Works stated that the Meninting Dam in West\nLombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara, supplies a raw water source of 0.15\ncubic metres per second for around 100,000 people. \u2018From water scarcity\nduring the dry season to a raw water reserve of 0.15 cubic metres per\nsecond, this increases the drinking water service coverage to\napproximately 100,000 people,\u2019 said Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo\nduring a working visit to the Meninting Dam on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has granted an\nadditional coal production quota to meet the operational needs of state\nelectricity company PT PLN (Persero). \u2018For coal, the additional quota is\nonly for PLN,\u2019 said Director General of Mineral and Coal Tri Winarno\nwhen met at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources office in\nJakarta on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>President Prabowo Subianto simultaneously inaugurated five dams in\nfive regions of Indonesia in a ceremony centred at the Meninting Dam,\nWest Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, on Friday afternoon.\n\u2018Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. On this Friday afternoon, 10 July 2026, by\nthe grace of Almighty God, I, Prabowo Subianto, President of the\nRepublic of Indonesia, hereby inaugurate the Meninting Dam in West Nusa\nTenggara Province, the Rukoh and Keureuto Dams in Aceh Province, the\nJlantah Dam in Central Java Province, and the Sidan Dam in Bali\nProvince,\u2019 Prabowo said during the event, monitored via a live stream on\nthe Presidential Secretariat\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/indonesias-food-security-push-and-prabowo-inaugurates-dams-1783738309",
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