Kunjungan Kerja Mentan di Tanjung Jabung Timur
Working Visit of Indonesian Agriculture Minister in Jambi Province
SETELAH mendarat di Bandara Internasional Sultan Thaha, Jambi, Menteri Pertanian RI Amran Sulaiman menumpang helikopter menuju Kabupaten Tanjung Jabung Timur yang berjarak 37 km dari kota Jambi, ibukota provinsi Jambi.
Bupati Tanjung Jabung Timur, Zumi Zola Zulkifli menjemput kunjungan kerja Menteri Amran Sulaiman di halaman depan kantor dinas bupati di Muaro Sabak. Mentan didampingi Wakil Gubernur Jambi, Fachrori Umar sementara Zumi Zola disertai oleh pimpinan DPRD dan Muspida setempat. Turut hadir Panglima Kodam II Sriwijaya, Mayjen TNI Iskandar MS yang mendampingi Mentan menyerahkan bantuan 95 traktor tangan dan 40 pompa air untuk kelompok tani di provinsi Jambi.
Kabupaten Tanjung Jabung Timur, Jambi mengharapkan dukungan Kementerian Pertanian RI menggairahkan pengembangan pertanian mengantisipasi tingginya minat investor kelapa sawit, yang menggoda para petani untuk menjual lahan sawah miliknya. Pemerintah kabupaten menghadapi kendala anggaran pemerintah daerah apabila hanya mengandalkan Anggaran Pembangunan dan Belanja Daerah (APBD) guna mendukung pencapaian swasembada pangan, dan sampai saat ini telah menyalurkan bantuan kepada para petani setempat berupa 155 traktor tangan dan 117 unit power tresher.
"Dalam pertemuan para bupati seluruh Indonesia dengan Presiden Joko Widodo, kami menyampaikan secara terbuka tentang kendala pencapaian swasembada pangan apabila hanya mengandalkan APBD. Tentunya, kunjungan menteri pertanian kami harapkan dapat memberi solusi bagi pengembangan pertanian di kabupaten kami," kata Bupati Tanjung Jabung Timur, Zumi Zola Zulkifli saat pemaparan potensi daerah usai makan siang di rumah dinas bupati, Rabu. (Foto2: B2B/M. Achsan Atjo)
AFTER landing at Sultan Thaha International Airport in Jambi, capital of Jambi province, Indonesian Agriculture Minister, Amran Sulaiman went to Muaro Sabak, capital of East Tanjung Jabung district by helicopter because the distance is over 100 km from the Jambi city.
East Tanjung Jabung Regent, Zumi Zola Zulkifli welcomed the arrival of Minister Amran Sulaiman by helicopter who landed front of the district office. Minister accompanied by Jambi Deputy Governor, H Fachrori Umar. Also attended Sriwijaya Military Commander, Major General Iskandar MS who accompanied the Minister of Agriculture handed over 95 hand tractors and 40 water pumps to farmers` groups in the province of Jambi.
Jambi Province`s East Tanjung Jabung expecting support of the Indonesian Agriculture Ministry against palm oil investors who persuade farmers to sell his rice fields. Local governments face the budget constraints, because just rely local government budgets in order to support the achievement of self-sufficiency, which is only able to assistance 155 hand tractors, and 117 power tresher.
"When the all Indonesian regents dialogue with President Joko Widodo, we expressed the achievement of food security constraints that just rely local budgets. Of course, the agriculture minister working visit to Jambi can provide a solution for the development of agriculture in our district," said East Tanjung Jabung Regent, Zumi Zola Zulkifli while explained the potential district after lunch at the official residence of regent. (Pictures of B2B/M. Achsan Atjo)
