Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - President Prabowo\u2019s administration has\naffirmed its commitment to strengthening national resilience through a\nprogramme of food, water, and energy self-sufficiency. Through a\nstrategy of reinforcing priority programmes in the food sector, the\ngovernment at the end of 2025 announced the achievement of rice\nself-sufficiency with production reaching 34.71 million tonnes and a\nrice surplus of 3.52 million tonnes.<\/p>\n
The Coordinating Ministry for Food is tasked with overseeing the\nprogramme to realise green food and blue food self-sufficiency\nsustainably. The Deputy for Food Business and Agriculture Coordination\nat the Coordinating Ministry for Food, Widiastuti, stated that food\nself-sufficiency requires strengthening the food ecosystem from the\nupstream to the downstream sector.<\/p>\n
The Coordinating Ministry for Food is carrying out\ncross-ministry\/institutional synergy related to the protection of paddy\nfields and restoring the function of rice fields, accompanied by\nagricultural modernisation and irrigation improvements. In addition, the\ndevelopment of quality seeds and seedlings is being promoted to address\nvarious water and pest issues, as well as encouraging farmer\nregeneration through improved farmer welfare.<\/p>\n
On the farmers\u2019 side, Rumah Tani, an online platform developing\nsustainable agriculture through innovation and farming communities,\nhighlighted efforts to achieve sustainable food self-sufficiency. Rumah\nTani\u2019s President Director, Bahtiar, said the increase in food\nproductivity in 2025 was inseparable from support for infrastructure\nimprovements, policy improvements, and a fairly favourable climate in\n2025, despite facing the Godzilla El Ni\u00f1o.<\/p>\n
In efforts to maintain the sustainability of food self-sufficiency,\ntwo important matters are productivity and farmer welfare, where\ncurrently improved welfare is only felt by farmers receiving government\nintervention support, namely corn and rice farmers. Therefore, it must\nbe ensured that all farmers remain profitable to attract interest in\nfarming.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the President Director of Agrinas Pangan Nusantara, Joao\nMota, noted a number of factors that must be considered to achieve\nsustainable food self-sufficiency. This relates to land availability and\nefforts to maximise land productivity to boost food production.<\/p>\n
Considering Indonesia\u2019s vast agricultural land potential, the country\nshould already be able to achieve sustainable food self-sufficiency with\nagricultural production that can not only support food security but also\nenable it to become a food exporter.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/video-sustainable-self-sufficiency-government-tackles-land-and-irrigation-issues-1782201100", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }