Produksi Naik, Alumni Polbangtan Dampingi Petani Food Estate Panen Jagung
Millennial Farmers Development are the Target of Indonesia`s Polbangtan Medan
Editor : Kemal A Praghotsa
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Humbahas, Sumut [B2B] - Alumni Politeknik Pembangunan Pertanian [Polbangtan] dari Kementerian Pertanian RI khususnya Polbangtan Medan mengawal dan mendampingi petani di Desa Ria-Ria, Kecamatan Pollung panen jagung di lokasi Food Estate Humbang Hasundutan di Provinsi Sumatera Utara [FE Humbahas Sumut].
Kementan terus berupaya melakukan pengembangan kawasan FE Humbahas, hal itu sejalan arahan Menteri Pertanian RI Syahrul Yasin Limpo bahwa food estate merupakan program strategis nasional dengan konsep pengembangan sentra produksi kawasan pangan yang berbasis korporasi.
"Jadi nanti ada yang namanya badan usaha tingkat petani yang mengelola usaha tani pangan mulai dari hulu hingga hilir secara berkelanjutan dan terintegrasi," kata Mentan.
Kepala Badan Penyuluhan dan Pengembangan SDM Pertanian Kementan [BPPSDMP] Dedi Nursyamsi mendorong penyuluh pusat dan daerah serta alumni Polbangtan dan perguruan tinggi mitra sinergi mendukung pengembangan Food Estate Humbahas.
"Kita harus sungguh-sungguh dan bekerja keras, seperti dikatakan Mentan Syahrul bahwa Food Estate Humbahas akan menjadi model percontohan di daerah lain," katanya.
Direktur Polbangtan Medan, Yuliana Kansrini mengingatkan alumni pendamping untuk aktif melakukan agar dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan, keterampilan dan kesejahteraan petani.
"Kegiatan pendampingan alumni diharapkan dapat memecahkan masalah petani di lapangan, sehingga pendampingan tersebut dapat berjalan optimal dan bermanfaat bagi petani," katanya.
Alumni Polbangtan Medan mendampingi Marlen Hutapea, anggota Kelompok Tani [Poktan] Ria Bersinar melakukan kegiatan panen tanaman jagung seluas 0,5 Ha. Perkiraan produksi 3,8 ton, yang diharapkan menghasilkan laba dengan harga pasaran Rp4.000 per kg. [ira/timhumaspolbangtanmedan]
Humbang Hasundutan of North Sumatera [B2B] - The role of agricultural vocational education in Indonesia such as the the Agricultural Development Polytechnic or the Polbangtan, to support Indonesian Agriculture Ministry seeks to maximize its efforts to produce millennial entrepreneur.
Youth Enterpreneurship And Employment Support Services Program or the YESS, to support Indonesian Agriculture Ministry seeks to maximize its efforts for the millennial entrepreneur.
Indonesian Agriculture Minister Syahrul Indonesia Yasin Limpo stated that the government´s commitment to developing agriculture, especially in the development of advanced, independent and modern agricultural human resources.
“The goal is to increase the income of farming families and ensure national food security. Farmer regeneration is a commitment that we must immediately realize," Minister Limpo said.
He reminded about the important role of vocational education, to produce millennial farmers who have an entrepreneurial spirit.
"Through vocational education, we connect campuses with industry so that Polbangtan graduates meet their needs and are ready for new things," Limpo said.
