Tenaga Kerja Pertanian Minim, Kementerian Pertanian Gandeng TNI
Agricultural Labor Less, Ministry of Agriculture Ask Support TNI
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Pertanian Dr Ir Suswono MMA mengajak TNI untuk bekerja sama memperkuat ketahanan pangan nasional dalam mengatasi masalah tenaga kerja. Selain bantuan tenaga kerja, anggota TNI akan dilatih untuk memanfaatkan peralatan pertanian untuk pengolahan lahan.
Ajakan kerja sama tersebut dikemukakan Suswono saat menjadi pembicara pada kegiatan Rapat Koordinasi Teritorial TNI Tahun Anggaran 2013 di Cilangkap, Jakarta Timur, Senin (4/2).
"Saat ini tenaga kerja di bidang pertanian mulai sulit ditemukan dan biayanya mahal sehingga dapat mengganggu program ketahanan pangan yang gencar dilakukan pemerintah," kata Suswono.
Menyikapi hal itu, kata Suswono, Kementerian Pertanian menggandeng TNI, untuk membantu mewujudkan ketahanan pangan di antaranya masalah tenaga kerja tersebut. Selain bantuan tenaga kerja, anggota TNI akan dilatih untuk bisa memanfaatkan peralatan pertanian guna mengolah lahan.
Sementara itu, secara teknis bantuan tenaga kerja dari TNI akan dikoordinasikan berdasarkan wilayah teritorial.
"Nanti ada Dandim (Komandan Kodim), ada Babinsa (Bintara Pembina Desa), dan ada yang lain. Nanti Babinsa itu langsung bertemu dengan para penyuluh. Selain itu, para anggota TNI pun dapat ditugaskan sebagai pengawas lapangan dan operator teknis di pertanian, termasuk dengan penggunaan teknologi. Nanti ada pelatihan dari TNI untuk mengoperasikan teknologi itu," jelas Mentan.
Sebagaimana diketahui, untuk mendukung ketahanan pangan nasional, Kementerian Pertanian bersama Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) sepakat melakukan kerjasama program pembangunan pertanian yang tertuang dalam Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Penandatangan MoU tersebut dilaksanakan oleh Menteri Pertanian, Dr Ir Suswono, MMA dan Panglima TNI Agus Suhartono pada 2012.
Jakarta (B2B) - Minister of Agriculture Dr Ir Suswono MMA invite the military to work together to strengthen national food security in overcoming the labor problem. In addition to labor, military members will be trained to utilize the equipment for processing agricultural land.
Invitation cooperation Suswono expressed as a speaker at events TNI Territorial Coordination Meeting for Fiscal Year 2013 in Cilangkap, East Jakarta, Monday (4/2).
"At this time of labor in agriculture is getting hard to find and costly that can disrupt the food security program of intense government," said Suswono.
Responding to, said Suswono, Ministry of Agriculture took the military, to help achieve food security issues among the manpower. In addition to labor, military members will be trained to be able to take advantage of agricultural equipment in order to cultivate the land.
Meanwhile, the technical assistance of military manpower will be coordinated by the territory.
"Will there Dandim (district military commander), there Babinsa (NCO Trustees Village), and there are others. Later Babinsa was immediately met with extensionists. Addition, military members can be assigned as a supervisor and a technical operator at the farm, including with the use of technology. Later there was the training of the military to operate the technology, "said Minister of Agriculture.
As is known, to support national food security, the Ministry of Agriculture with the Indonesian Army (TNI) have agreed to cooperate agricultural development program set out in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). MoU signing ceremony was conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Ir Suswono, MMA and military commander Agus Suhartono in 2012.
