Mentan Estimasi Luas Tambah Tanam Padi 700 Ribu Hektar
Indonesian Rice Fields Estimated Increases 700,000 Acres
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman menyatakan luas tambah tanam padi meningkat hingga 700 ribu hektar dengan perkiraan tambahan produksi minimal 2,5 juta ton gabah kering giling, dengan perkiraan kebutuhan pupuk sekitar 260 ribu ton untuk mendukung produksi padi di luas tambah tanam tersebut.
"Alhamdulillah setelah kita cek, luas tambah tanam dan produktivitas meningkat hingga 700 ribu hektar, dan kita nanti cek langsung ke lapangan berapa sih pupuk yang dibutuhkan, diperkirakan sekitar 260 ribu ton," kata Mentan Amran Sulaiman kepada pers usai rapat koordinasi dengan Kepala Staf TNI AD (Kasad) Jenderal TNI Gatot Nurmantyo di Balai Kartini Jakarta, Selasa sore (12/5).
Rapat koordinasi tersebut dihadiri para pejabat eselon satu dan dua di Kementerian Pertanian RI, para Panglima Kodam, para Komandan Korem, dan para Komandan Kodim dari seluruh Indonesia, dan dari Perum Badan Urusan Logistik (Bulog) diwakili Direktur Pelayanan Publik, Lely Pelitasari Soebekti. Namun awak media sulit mendapatkan informasi lebih lanjut karena rapat berlangsung tertutup.
Menteri Amran Sulaiman mengaku puas pada kinerja prajurit TNI AD mendukung peningkatan produktivitas padi untuk mencapai swasembada pangan tiga tahun ke depan seperti yang dicanangkan Presiden RI Joko Widodo.
"Alhamdulillah, progress-nya bagus, saya sangat berterima kasih kepada TNI AD atas dukungannya meningkatkan produksi pangan," kata Amran Sulaiman yang baru kembali dari Papua mendampingi kunjungan kerja Presiden Joko Widodo.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman stated the rice planting area increases to 700,000 hectares, with an estimated production of 2.5 million tonnes of milled rice, 260,000 tons of fertilizer demand is expected to support an increase in planting area.
"Thank God, after being evaluated, planting area increases to 700,000 hectares, and we´ll check directly how much fertilizer is needed, estimated at around 260,000 tonnes," Minister Amran Sulaiman told reporters after a coordination meeting with the Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo here on Tuesday afternoon (5/12).
The coordination meeting attended by officials echelon one and two in the Agriculture Ministry, the territorial military commander, the resort military commander and the district military commander accross Indonesia, and from the State Logistics Agency or Bulog was represented by Director of Public Services, Lely Pelitasari Soebekti. But the journalists difficulty to get more information because the meeting was closed.
Minister Sulaiman said he was satisfied on the performance of army soldiers to support achievement of food self-sufficiency in the next three years, as proclaimed by President Joko Widodo.
"Thank God, good progress, I am very grateful to the Army for its support to increase food production," said Mr Sulaiman who had just returned from Papua accompanied President Widodo working visit to Papua, last week.
