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The Center for Food Agriculture Studies and Advocacy (Pataka) presented the results of the National Rice Production and Price Performance Survey for the October 2024 period.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANJARBARU -- The Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) is moving quickly to realize food self-sufficiency according to President Prabowo Subianto's direction. Not only in Merauke and Central Kalimantan, Kementan is also creating rice fields in South Kalimantan. Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman (Mentan Amran) said that the target for creating rice fields in South Kalimantan Province (Kalsel) is 500 thousand hectares. According to him, the potential land in South Kalimantan can be utilized to meet Indonesia's food needs. "Today we have mapped out 500 thousand hectares of rice field land. If possible, this can be realized as our food strength," said Minister of Agriculture Amran in the Coordination Meeting of the People's Rice Field Program on Monday (4/11/2024) in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, quoted from the official statement of the Ministry of Agriculture, Tuesday (5/11/2024). Amran explained that the target of 500 thousand hectares will be pursued in stages. For stage I, the Ministry of Agriculture will start printing rice fields covering 152,291 hectares on land located

The country needs around 3 million hectares of land to create new rice fields. However, considering the current conditions, the acquisition of such land is difficult to do on Java Island because it is already filled with concrete jungles.