Chairman of the Committee for the Acceleration of Providing Priority Infrastructure (KPPIP), Wahyu Utomo, said the government is creating a presidential regulation (perpres) for food estate development. “This food estate is a future need. Our population will grow, so we'll need this food estate. At a Jakarta Media Gathering on Thursday, Wahyu remarked, "We are preparing a presidential regulation for a food estate in Kalimantan." KPPIP data indicates that Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Maluku, and Papua will be priority food estate locations. However, Wahyu noted that other places, like North Sumatra's Humang Hasundutan, are still being mapped for food estates. "We have established the Area of Interest (AOI), or mapping, of which regions can be utilized as food estates in Central Kalimantan. In North Sumatra's Humang Hasundutan and possibly other President-directed regions, this exists. He responded, "We'll try to include this later in the Perpres." Therefore, the Ministry of PUPR is conducting irrigation and road infrastructure development projects at several food estate priority sites. Infrastructure is needed in the food estate. water, roads, etc. "PUPR has allocated funds to repair irrigation canals in the food estate," stated Wahyu. A national food barn on 165,000 hectares (ha) is one of the 2020–2024 National Strategic Programs (PSN). Additionally, the initiative seeks to replicate agriculture technology 4.0. The COVID-19 epidemic, rising population, and drastic climate change make establishing a food estate urgent.Link di fonte: https://www.antaranews.com/berita/3634245/ketua-kppip-sebut-pemerintah-tengah-siapkan-perpres-untuk-food-state (ICE GIACARTA)

Fonte notizia: Antaranews - 13 July 2023