Amran Sulaiman Apresiasi Terobosan Pemkab Badung untuk Pertanian
Indonesian Minister Praises Badung District for Agriculture
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Badung, Bali (B2B) - Langkah terobosan yang ditempuh Pemerintah Kabupaten Badung, Bali mendapat apresiasi dari Menteri Pertanian RI Amran Sulaiman dalam mempertahankan dan mengembangkan pertanian di daerah tersebut.
"Langkah Pemkab Bandung ini sangat bagus karena kerja keras bupatinya, kalau perlu bupatinya terus hingga lima periode," kata Amran Sulaiman saat kunjungan kerja di Desa Cimagi, Kecamatan Mengwi, Kabupaten Bandung, Bali belum lama ini.
Mentan juga mengapresiasi sejumlah terobosan dan keberanian Bupati Badung, Anak Agung Gde Agung dalam memajukan pertanian di tengah pesatnya alih fungsi lahan.
Menanggapi hal itu, Bupati Badung, Anak Agung Gde Agung mengatakan pemerintah daerah telah melakukan terobosan di antaranya dengan membebaskan biaya pajak bumi dan bangunan (PBB) kawasan pertanian di jalur hijau.
"Kami juga membebaskan pajak biaya waris dan hak waris," katanya.
Selain itu, Gde Agung yang juga tokoh Puri Mengwi mewajibkan setiap pegawai negeri sipil (PNS) di Pemkab Badung untuk membeli beras hasil produksi pertanian setempat, minimal 5 kg per orang.
Langkah tersebut, katanya, bertujuan untuk membantu para petani di kabupaten terkaya di provinsi Bali tersebut.
Badung, Bali (B2B) - Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has praised the Badung district government in the resort island of Bali for protecting and developing the agriculture sector in the district.
"The Badung district government´s performance has been very good thanks to the district head´s hard work," he said while visiting Cemagi village, Badung district, recently.
He also lauded Badung district head Anak Agung Gde Agung for his breakthroughs in the agriculture sector despite increasing changes in land uses.
Anak Agung Gde Agung noted that the district government´s numerous breakthrough efforts include giving land and building tax exemptions to farmers owing farmland in green belts.
"We have also exempted them from tax on beneficiaries," he added.
Gde Agung, who is also known as a Puri Mengwi figure, has made it mandatory for every civil servant in the Bandung district government to buy at least 5 kilograms of local rice, he remarked.
The move is expected to support farmers in the richest district in Bali, he stated.
