APPERTANI

Realizing Food Self-Sufficiency Food self-sufficiency is one of the manifestations of the nation’s independence to strengthen the country’s defense and security system, which is one of the items of Astacita as the President’s mission for 2025-2029. Achieving self-sufficiency in food, energy and water is one of the president’s priority programs among 17 other programs. Efforts to achieve food self-sufficiency are supported by the program of […]

The Need for Innovation in Increasing Agricultural Production Economic resilience needs to be strengthened as one of the seven agendas of the RPJMN-2020-2024. Innovation and investment as the main capital for economic resilience need to be increased in use to encourage sustainable economic growth, to provide welfare to the wider community in a fair and equitable manner. The contribution of economic growth in the agricultural […]

Realizing Food Estates Several international media reported that there was a food shortage disaster to meet the food needs of the world’s population. Currently, it is reported that 44 countries are experiencing serious hunger. The population of Indonesia is estimated to be 7-16% still vulnerable to famine. The global agricultural challenge until 2050 must increase food production by 70%, grains by 43% and meat production […]

Environmentally Friendly Pest and Disease Management in Food Crops Supports Sustainable Agricultural Systems The Green Revolution succeeded in increasing the production of national staple food crops until it achieved self-sufficiency for rice for the first time in 1984. The negative impact that has been felt so far is the increase in pests and diseases because of irrational use of pesticides and the negative impact of […]

Increasing the Productivity of Food Crops Domestic rice production in the 2018-2023 period decreased by -1.91%, while domestic demand continues to increase in tandem with the increase in the number of populations, relatively high consumption amid the negative impact of climate change. The decline in production is due to the reduction of harvest acreage and the decrease in productivity. Dr. Suwandi, Director General of Food […]

APPERTANI has successfully held FGD and Annual Gathering in 2023/2024 with the theme: “REALIZING SUSTAINABLE RICE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND WORLD FOOD GRANARY 2045, WITH THE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AS WELL AS APPERTANI’S ACTIVE ROLE”. The theme was taken to play an active role in facing the challenges and dynamics of national agricultural development towards a Golden Indonesia 2045. APPERTANI held an FGD in […]