Pursue Target Kemenperin Food Self-Sufficient

Jakarta: Although considered the people too much, the Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) continue to pursue food self-sufficiency target in 2014. Is it possible to self-sufficiency by 2014? This critical question that always tickled instincts press lately increasingly critical.

In pursuit of food self-sufficiency target, the Government dare to give incentives to businesses engaged in the food sector of origin are able to pursue food self-sufficiency target.

"Providing incentives to businesses to improve food security so that we can be self-sufficient in food. We try to fertilizer available, "said Minister of Industry, MS Hidayat, after following the Working Meeting (meeting) Ministry of Industry in Jakarta, Wednesday [17.02]. Raker Head Perindag followed throughout Indonesia.

According to him, one of the main tasks of the Ministry of Industry for 5 years before cancer is improving food security and self-sufficiency in rice, sugar, salt and so on. "I hope these basic tasks can be discussed and formulated in this meeting," he said.

MS Hidayat also expressed (action) eksentifikasi tehadap farmland should be done. "PP (Government Regulation) it was made," he said.

On that occasion, a questioner from the East Kalimantan region said that the difficulty of getting Alsintan (farming system tools) good tools to print the fields of agriculture, as well as palm oil plantations. He also proposed that the existing tools revitalized.

Responding to the MS Hidayat Ansari pointed lengsung Bukhori to answer. "Since 1995, rates of import duties (BM) machine 0% agricultural industry so that the engines lost competitiveness of local production. So we are now cheaper to produce motor eprtanian, "said Ansari.

According to Law No.7/1996 on Food, the government is obligated to create food security. Food security is the fulfillment of food meant for each household.

While conditions have attempted to provide enough food to junmlah, distributed to all parts of Indonesia and the community affordable prices.

The things that affect food security are: availability of food, population, agricultural land, land degradation and water, seeding, fertilizing and processing technologies, shifting seasons and natural disasters, pests, food reserves management skills, and cultural factors.

Distribution of food, facilities and prasara transportation, transportation costs, barriers and no formal charges against him (Pungli), scattered distribution area.

Food consumption: a population that is not matched with economic capacity, low knowledge and awareness of the diversification of food and nutrition needs, kansumsi still dominant source of carbohydrate from rice and wheat flour made from imported raw and low community resilience to food security.

While the action plan of food security policy to be carried out include:

1. Ensuring the availability of food

2. Organize the defense and regional spatial

3. Develop a government food reserves and community

4. Develop a food distribution system is fair and efficient

5. Keeping food prices stable

6 .. Increasing eksesibilitas households to food

7. Conducting food dipersifikasi

8. Improving the quality and food safety

9. Preventing and dealing with food insecurity situation and nutrition

10. Facilitate research and development

11. Increasing community participation

12. Carry out international cooperation

13. Developing human resources

14. Developing macro and trade policies are conducive

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