inp.polri.go.id - Bandung. The Indonesian National Police (INP) Security Maintenance Agency (Baharkam) provides full support to the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) in accelerating the food security program, as well as to the Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions to strengthen the agricultural sector in the regions.

The Head of INP Baharkam, Commissioner General Fadil Imran says that the Asta Cita program on food security is not only the responsibility of the government or institutions working in the agricultural sector, but all parties.

Fadil explains that INp and the Agriculture Ministry can work together as the public facilitator, particularly the farmers, in developing corn productions. In the future INP will do a pilot project to increase corn production.

“With the support of INP resources that we continuously provide to regions, INP has played the role in facilitating the farmers, farmer groups, and public in handling challenges such as land availability, provision of seeds, fertilizers, and so on," he explained.

Meanwhile, Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman said that the involvement of the Police in the food security program was truly a breath of fresh air and he welcomed the initiatives.

"This is an extraordinary collaboration, we thank you and hope that together we can focus on assisting food security," he said.

The Minister of Agriculture also hopes that through this collaboration, there will be strict supervision of the distribution of fertilizers to agricultural equipment assistance, so that there will be no more cases of fake fertilizers or misuse of assistance.

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