DEPUTY Minister of Agriculture (Wamentan) Sudaryono said that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has succeeded in bringing Indonesian agriculture as a mainstay of the country’s economy. He said that in the Jokowi era, Indonesia has succeeded in realizing self-sufficiency four times, namely in 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
“In my opinion, Mr. Jokowi is extraordinary because he is able to implement the agricultural program well. He is the one who keeps the Indonesian economy strong when other countries tend to stagnate, and this is proof of the success of Indonesia’s agricultural program,” said the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Saturday (31/8).
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture said that in President Jokowi’s ten years of leadership, the number of Agricultural Business Households (RTUP) has increased over time. In 2023, there were 28,419,398 households, up 8.74 percent from 2013 which was only 26,135,469 households.
“Perhaps it should also be remembered that during the 10 years of the President’s leadership, Indonesia has faced many multidimensional crises. Including Covid-19 which has absorbed many of our young workers,” he said.
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture said that the Agricola Medal award from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was an appropriate award considering the enormous sacrifices and struggles of the Jokowi-era government.
It is known that today, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was awarded the Agricola Medal from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Agricola Medal is FAO’s highest award in the field of global food and agriculture given by FAO since 1977.
“This is not an ordinary award, but an extraordinary award because FAO is the world’s food agency. And I think what the president has done for 10 years is extraordinary,” he said.
As a comparison, President Jokowi has made the same achievement as President Soeharto when he succeeded in bringing Indonesia to rice self-sufficiency in 1984. The achievement of rice self-sufficiency that Indonesia made was considered perfect because during those four times Indonesia did not import medium rice at all. (Adv)
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