Food Barn Program Kicks Off
Thirty thousand hectares of the formerly 1 million-hectare peat forest development project have been cleared this year for the government’s “food estate” program. Some have deemed this action as a risk.
President Joko Widodo monitors the preparations for the first planting in the Food Estate, Belanti Siam Village, Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan, Thursday (8/10/2020).
PALANGKARAYA, KOMPAS – The national food barn mega project, also called the integrated food estate program, has officially broke ground. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo toured the location of the first planting on Thursday (10/8/2020) in Belanti Siam village of Pulang Pisau regency, Central Kalimantan, to check progress on the program.
President Jokowi arrived on Thursday morning at Tjilik Riwut Airport in Palangkaraya municipality, and then traveled to Belanti Siam village by helicopter. Accompanying the President on the official trip was Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko.