Presiden Jokowi akan Panen Raya Padi di Karawang Pagi Ini
Indonesia`s Widodo Will Conduct Rice Harvest in West Java Today
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Presiden RI Joko Widodo dijadwalkan melakukan panen raya padi di Kabupaten Pandeglang, Provinsi Banten dan di Kabupaten Karawang, Jawa Barat pada Minggu (27/9) didampingi Menteri Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman dan sejumlah pejabat tinggi terkait.
Presiden Jokowi dijadwalkan panen raya padi di Desa Cikarang Kulon, Kecamatan Cimalaya, Kabupaten Karawang yang merupakan lumbung beras bagi kabupaten tersebut.
Sebelumnya, pada Jumat (25/9) Menteri Amran Sulaiman melakukan panen raya padi di Desa Mekar Asih, Kecamatan Banyu Sari, Karawang bersama Pelaksana Tugas (Plt) Bupati Karawang, Cellica Nurachadiana dan perwakilan dari Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB).
Padi yang dipanen oleh Mentan adalah varietas IPB 3S, hasil penelitian dan pengembangan IPB untuk mendukung pencapaian swasembada pangan khususnya beras, dengan tingkat produksi rata-rata 9,4 ton per hektar.
"Saya berharap varietas ini bisa dikembangkan, dan dapat menjadi bibit yang nantinya akan dikembangkan di beberapa tempat lain di Indonesia," kata Mentan yang mengerahkan tim dari Kementerian Pertanian RI untuk menyiapkan panen raya oleh Presiden RI Joko Widodo pada Minggu (27/9).
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo is scheduled to conduct rice harvest in Pandeglang district of Banten province and Karawang district of West Java province today (9/27) who was accompanied by Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman, as stated by public relations official in the ministry.
President Widodo was scheduled will conduct rice harvest in Cikarang Kulon village of Cimalaya sub-district in Karawang district.
Earlier, on Friday (9/25) Minister Sulaiman did rice harvest in Mekar Asih village of Banyu Sari subdistrict, in Karawang district with Acting Regent of Karawang, Cellica Nurachadiana and representatives of the Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB).
Rice harvested are the varieties of IPB 3S, research results and development by IPB to support the achievement of self-sufficiency in food, especially rice with an average production 9.4 tonnes per hectare.
"I expect the IPB varieties 3S will be the prime seed to be developed across Indonesia," Minister Sulaiman said who deployed a team from his ministry to prepare the rice harvest by President Widodo today.
