South Papua Province – Farmers in the South Papua region welcomed the news with joy when they received an increase in subsidized fertilizer allocations of 100 percent or worth 28 trillion which was sought by the Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman.
Head of the South Papua Food Crops, Agriculture, Maritime and Fisheries Service, Paino, said that this increase was good news that farmers had been waiting for.
“We are very grateful to the Minister of Agriculture for the additional allocation of subsidized fertilizer. “This is the good news that farmers in South Papua have been waiting for, especially in increasing productivity.” said Paino in a press release received by Kompas.com, Sunday (31/03/2024).
Paino added that his party will immediately follow up on this addition by preparing a draft allocation per district/city in accordance with the 2024 e-RDKK data. We hope that this addition will make farmers even more enthusiastic about realizing Indonesia’s self-sufficiency.
“Of course we will follow up immediately. “Certainly, increasing the subsidized fertilizer quota allocation must be a trigger for all of us to immediately move forward for Indonesian agriculture, especially in South Papua,” he said.
Previously, Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman increased the subsidized fertilizer quota allocation for farmers throughout Indonesia. This addition is a follow-up to the results of meetings and limited meetings with President Joko Widodo and ministers, including Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani.
At the meeting, the 2024 fertilizer budget will be doubled to 9.55 million tonnes from 4.7 million tonnes. This is stated in the Letter of the Minister of Finance Number S-297/MK.02.2024.
The volume of subsidized fertilizer in 2024 includes chemical and organic fertilizers for nine types of commodities, such as rice, corn, soybeans, chilies, onions, garlic, sugar cane, coffee and cocoa.
“We entrust it to kiosks and distributors not to commit fraud. And those who are naughty will immediately have their permits revoked. “Therefore, let’s roll up our sleeves and take to the field because this is part of our struggle for Indonesian farmers,” explained the Minister of Agriculture some time ago.
