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Jakarta (ANTARA News) – President Joko Widodo visited the exhibition of the Asian Forum on Agriculture and Food (ASAFF) held at the Jakarta Convention Center ( CGC) in 2018 Saturday afternoon.
As published by Protocol MP, Press and Media Presidential Secretariat, Bey Machmudin, this exhibition is part of a series of ASAFF held by the Indonesian Association of Cultural and Social Sciences. Harmony (HKTI) June 28 – July 1, 2018.
Arrived at JCC around 14:11 WIB, the president, dressed in a white shirt and black pants, was greeted by the Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman, and the chief of staff. Staff of the Presidency of Moeldoko.
The three then immediately examined the exposure.
The arrival of the president has made the atmosphere of the exhibition more crowded.
Visitors to the exhibition that was present at that time seemed eager to shake hands and take pictures with the president.
While greeting and shaking hands with the visitors, the President then reviewed the exhibited agricultural products stand.
First, the president visited a variety of agricultural products such as onions, peppers, peppers and potatoes.
After that, the next stand visited by the president is a hydroponic plant stand.
In some kiosks, the president had time to talk to the owner of the product.
Not only agricultural products, in the ASAFF exhibition that has the theme "Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Agricultural Innovation and Food Security" are also exhibited various innovations in agriculture.
The president also reviewed modern farm equipment stands ranging from drones to controlled atmosphere storage (CAS) or storage machines that can store fresh food up to six months.
In connection with this innovation, the Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman, mentioned that innovation could be the key to success in agriculture, for example achieving food self-sufficiency
"Food self-sufficiency can occur, even food sovereignty will occur when our innovations are pushed and we grow. The key to success in agriculture should encourage seed innovation to post-harvest treatment, "said the Minister of Agriculture.
In agreement with the Minister of Agriculture, the chief of staff of the president who is also chairman of HKTI Moeldoko said that countries that have a level of progress in agriculture must have a very big innovation. According to him, Indonesian agriculture can be further developed with a cultivated technological approach.
"Our company almost always uses the traditional approach." The innovations we take here, we communicate with the contractors so that later all product development can be developed and used by farmers, "said Moeldoko.
Finished around the examination of the exhibition, around 14:55 WIB The President left the JCC
Pewarta: Joko Susilo
Writer: Ruslan Burhani
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