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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan explained that the government has imposed an import ban on four food commodities, namely rice, corn, sugar, and salt. According to him, this is a step in realizing Indonesia's ideals of achieving food self-sufficiency. "This year, we have banned rice imports, banned corn imports, banned sugar imports, and banned salt imports, as important food commodities," said Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan, who is called Zulhas, at Tanwir 1 Aisyiyah in Jakarta, Thursday (16/1/2025). Zulhas believes that Indonesia has great potential to achieve food self-sufficiency. One of the efforts, he said, is by strengthening farmers through counseling, financial support, regulatory revisions, providing superior seeds, and strengthening the supply chain. He gave an example of one of them related to fertilizer. Zulhas said that the fertilizer distribution channel, which used to be too complicated, making it difficult for farmers to get it, is now

Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Food, Zulkifli Hasan, announced that Indonesia will no longer import corn for feed in 2025. He emphasized that the crop harvested by local farmers will fully meet national demand. Indonesia is projected to produce about 16.7 million tons of corn, exceeding domestic demand of 13 million tons. Exporting is the next

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman invited all Regional Police Chiefs, Resort Police Chiefs and Sector Police Chiefs to carry out a corn planting movement. This is an effort to realize food self-sufficiency. "I invite all Regional Police Chiefs and Resort Police Chiefs throughout Indonesia to dream of increasing corn production," said the Minister of Agriculture when opening the Simultaneous Corn Planting Preparation Coordination Meeting with the ranks of the National Police as reported in Jakarta, Tuesday (14/1/2025). He hopes that there will be a role and contribution from the ranks of the police leadership at the regional level so that corn production can increase to 23 million tons in 2025. "Where production in 2023 is around 15 million tons and we will increase it to 16 million tons, even our target can be 23 million tons (in 2025)," said the Minister of Agriculture. According to the Minister of Agriculture, accelerated planting can be done through collaboration with farmer groups. Moreover, the Minister of Agriculture continued, currently farmers are enthusiastic about producing because President Prabowo S