Day: February 24, 2023

Padang, W Sumatra (ANTARA) – The provincial government of West Sumatra is pursuing cooperation with a waste management organization and a waste program funding provider in Norway to tackle the problem of waste in the province.”Delegates from West Sumatra have carried out a study and explored cooperation with Avfall Norge and Norsk Gjenvinning in Norway regarding the solution for the waste problem,” West Sumatra Deputy Governor Audy Joinaldy informed here on Friday.

fall Norge is an organization that focuses on waste management, while Norsk Gjenvinning is a company that provides funding for waste management programs.

ccording to Joinaldy, the waste problem has become quite serious in West Sumatra. For that reason, the government is seeking waste management solutions.

“In a meeting in Norway on February 14, 2023, delegates from West Sumatra discussed and directly saw the waste management activities there,” he said.

Based on the discussion, the program that West Sumatra may follow up on is Avfall Norge’s program, which has been replicated and implemented in Banyuwangi district, East Java.

Besides, the Clean Oceans for Clean Communities (CLOCC) program can also be replicated to tackle the problem of waste in West Sumatra.

The deputy governor said that the two parties are interested in exploring cooperation opportunities further to find waste management solutions and create a circular economy in West Sumatra.

further discussion has been planned to be carried out online by involving several district and city governments of West Sumatra.

One of the delegates from West Sumatra, who is also head of the Governance and Regional Autonomy Bureau of West Sumatra, Doni Rahmad Samulo, said that his side has prepared the necessary steps so that the cooperation can be realized.

ccording to him, currently, several waste landfills in West Sumatra have almost exceeded their capacity. One of the solutions being considered is expanding the landfill areas, but that will require a huge budget and will only be a temporary solution, he explained.

Thus, other solutions are needed to tackle the waste problem. Cooperation with the Norwegian organization, especially in sorting waste before it is sent to landfills, is one of the strategic solutions that can be taken, Samulo said.

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Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi (ANTARA) – Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo urged farmers, especially those working in plantations in Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi, to tend to their plants well in order to get optimal production.”If each plant is given special treatment, whether it is through the use of fertilizer or pesticides that conform to regulation, then of course, the result will be better as compared to those who need no special treatment,” he explained.

Limpo delivered the statement on Thursday, February 24, during a conversation with farmers of Konaweha Village of Samaturu Sub-district, a place located 50 kilometers northwards of Kolaka District’s capital city.

t the village, the minister also paid heed to the suggestions of cocoa farmers as well as their complaints regarding lesser production volume as compared to figures back in the 80s and 90s.

Leader of Konaweha Village’s farmers association, Syamsul Bahri, noted that despite it not being the kakao harvest season, they still managed to generate that production, as they ensured special treatment for their plants by using organic fertilizers.

He remarked that the cacao plantation in Konaweha Village could serve as an example for other people, particularly cocoa farmers.

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ccording to Bahri, the villagers also expected the government to revitalize cacao plants in addition to addressing the issue of fertilizer supply, since lately, the cocoa farmers could barely find them.

“In Konaweha Village, in particular, cacao plantation spans 202 hectares, while currently, there are 189 hectares for cloves and 80.5 hectares for pepper,” he elaborated.

He also stated that good pipe networks were required for irrigation in case of prolonged drought.

In response to this, Minister Limpo stated that Kolaka District had soil that was conducive for plantation and was different from some plantation soils across Indonesia.

Cacao takes a long time to mature before it can be harvested, so a multiple cropping method was applied as a solution to address the issue in terms of the production volume, he stated.

He urged the regional government and the agriculture office to formulate a concept to ensure optimal use of soil or plot that would ultimately help in improving the people’s welfare.

The minister confirmed that there was no shortage in fertilizer supply owing to the government’s allocation of Rp25 trillion (US$1.6 billion) in addition to the stock of 24 million tons of fertilizers to meet the needs across Indonesia.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Bank of Indonesia (BI) highlighted thorough synergy, from downstream to upstream, as the key to ensuring national food resilience, as synergy is also the focus of the National Food Inflation Control Initiative (GNPIP) in 2023.”This is the focus in the second year of GNPIP, (wherein we) conduct synergy and innovation for national food resilience,” Deputy Governor of BI Aida S. Budiman remarked.

Budiman delivered the remark during an event by GNPIP and South Sumatra Food Self-Sufficiency Initiative (GSMP) that brought up the theme of “Synergy and Innovation for Food Resilience Through South Sumatra Food Self-Sufficiency Initiative Program” accessed here on Friday.

Collaboration and innovation must be conducted from end to end, in an integrated manner, from the start until the end: from production to managing the harvest and until product marketing.

To this end, the GNPIP aims to press down the inflation rate on food by intervening in the supply aspect and encouraging production.

The efforts are also coupled with actual measures to ensure national food resilience in 2023, i.e. cooperation among regions and market operations prior to national holidays.

Budiman urged everyone to partake in efforts to ensure food supply for national food resilience, which grows ever more urgent on account of challenges, such as the weather anomaly and longer drought in 2023.

“Food is the basic need of our people. Hence, let us fulfill those basic needs by (ensuring) enough supply at affordable prices,” she stated.

Collaboration is also crucial in maintaining the food commodity prices. Affordable price means that people can buy items, thereby concurrently ensuring the welfare of farmers.

That ideal aligns with President Joko Widodo’s directives at the opening of the 2023 National Work Meeting of the National Association of the Provincial Government in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, on Friday, February 23, 2023, she noted.

In the directive, the regional governments were urged to maintain stocks and prices of food commodities in their respective areas to prevent food-related issues.

The Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency has forecast that the drought in 2023 will be more dry as compared to the last three years, in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani indrawatimet her Indian counterpart, Nirmala Sitharaman, in Bangalore, India, on Thursday, February 23, 2023, during which she expressed Indonesia’s support for India’s G20 priority agenda.”Indonesia will always be ready to support the priority agenda of India’s G20 Presidency and inherited agenda from the Indonesian G20 Presidency,” Minister Indrawatisaid in an official statement received here on Friday.

She pointed out that multilateral collaboration in trade and investment to address global issues, such as the energy and food crises, has become increasingly crucial.

India has brought up eight priorities in its G20 presidency, such as improving the Multilateral Development Bank to address current global issues; managing global debts; funding for inclusive, resilient, sustainable future cities; and coordinated global approach on crypto assets without collateral.

Moreover, it aims for financial inclusiveness and benefit from productivity; funding to assist in addressing the impact of climate change and sustainable development; improving coordination on financial aspects, including on pandemic fund; and international tax.

Minister Indrawati emphasized that Indonesia’s duty had yet to end despite its G20 presidency having already concluded back in 2022. Indonesia is still part of the G20 Troika with India that holds the 2023 G20 presidency and Brazil, which will hold the G20 presidency in 2024.

She also said thatIndonesia welcomes inputs and suggestions from ASEAN, particularly about sustainable finance and green economy, in order to ensure good performance during Indonesia’s chairmanship in 2023.

“May collaboration among G20 member countries, particularly India and Indonesia, be developed better for the sake of a better future,” she said.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah stated that her ministry discusses the potential for expanding job opportunities in Jordan for Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) in the garment sector.In a written statement received here, Friday, the minister noted that most of Jordan’s income come from tourism, fertilizers, garments, oil processing, cement processing, and agriculture commodities, such as strawberries, oranges, olives, lamb meat, and milk.

“We see the potential for expanding employment opportunities for our PMI in other sectors, especially in the garment sector, which is the largest commodity producer in Jordan,” she noted during her visit to attend the Minister of Manpower Intervention on the High-Level Partners’ Meeting in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, February 23.

On the occasion, Fauziyah held a meeting with Indonesian Ambassador to Jordan and concurrently to Palestine, Ade Padmo Sarwono, at the Indonesian Embassy (KBRI) in Amman, Jordan.

t the meeting, the minister highlighted that Jordan is a country whose economy is developing from a low to middle level in the form of per capita income.

In addition, the manpower attache intends to conduct business matching as an effort to increase the expansion of job opportunities by bringing together companies in Jordan that need PMI to expand job opportunities, she stated.

“We ask for support of the ambassador to help us run the business matching event,” she said.

Fauziyah is optimistic that her visit to Jordan would strengthen diplomacy in the field of manpower between the governments of Indonesia and Jordan.

“With this visit, I am sure that diplomacy between Indonesia and Jordan can further develop,” she stated.

During her visit to the Indonesian Embassy in Jordan, the minister also met with the Indonesian diaspora and greeted PMI at the Indonesian Embassy in Jordan.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Bank Indonesia (BI) urged the Jakarta provincial government that apart from focusing on the capital city relocation, it should also pay attention to inflation control and conducting digitalization in all sectors to support economic growth.”There are three challenges that need to be addressed and responded to in the future, specifically preparation for the capital city relocation, inflation control, and the implementation of digitalization,” Deputy Governor of BI Juda Agung remarked during the inauguration of the head of the Jakarta BI Representative Office here on Friday.

Regarding the plan to relocate Indonesia’s capital city to East Kalimantan, Agung encouraged the Jakarta provincial government to redefine Jakarta’s position after no longer holding the status of capital city.

t Friday’s event, he underscored the need to control inflation in Jakarta, as the province has a significant contribution to the national inflation, at 17 percent to the national economy.

“Jakarta is not a producer. Hence, efforts to control inflation are challenging,” he affirmed.

ung also encouraged digitalization efforts for Jakarta as an inclusive smart city.

ccording to the deputy governor, Jakarta has more advanced support and digital literacy. Thus, the initiatives for QR code payment through Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) and digitalization in transactions of regional governments, transportation, and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) should be increased.

“In the context of transportation digitalization, BI is also following the plan of implementing ERP (electronic road pricing) in Jakarta, for which one of the goals is to tackle the problem of congestion,” he remarked.

He also urged the newly appointed head of the Jakarta BI Representative Office, Arlyana Abubakar, to provide inputs to the Jakarta Provincial Government, including to seek new sources of economic growth.

In addition, the BI deputy governor spotlighted the importance of coordination for inflation control, both between institutions in Jakarta and with the governments of other regions, as well as increasing the role of commodity producer regions within and outside Java.

BI recorded that Jakarta’s economic growth stood at 5.25 percent in 2022, an increase from 3.56 percent in 2021.

Jakarta’s inflation in January 2023 was under control, at 3.83 percent, which is lower than the national rate.

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The presence of these large industries will certainly have a big impact on the economy of NTT and also Timor Leste

Kupang (ANTARA) – Governor of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT)Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodathas said that 3040 large industries will be built to support the development of economic zones along the border shared by NTT and Oecusse, Timor Leste.”In President Joko Widodo’s meeting with the Prime Minister of Timor Leste, Taur Matan Ruak, Monday (February 13, 2023), discussions were held regarding the development of an economic zone in the NTT-Timor Leste border region. Tens of large industries will soon be built in the border area between Indonesia and Timor Leste,” he informed in Kupang on Friday.

He said the presence of an economic zone in the border area between Indonesia and Timor Leste will certainly have an impact on accelerating the economic development of the people of NTT.

“The presence of these large industries will certainly have a big impact on the economy of NTT and also Timor Leste, so we encourage PT Kawasan Industri Bolok (KIB) to start preparing themselves to be involved in the industries that are there later,” he added.

He said that the presence of 40 industries in the North Central Timor Regency area will certainly help absorb a large number of workers from NTT.

He added that the renewable energy potential in NTT province, including solar, wind, geothermal energy, and ocean currents, is capable of supporting industrial progress.

“NTT is rich in renewable energy potential; if managed optimally, the impact on development in NTT will be more rapid,” the governor opined.

ccording to the president director of PT Kawasan Industri Bolok, Gabriel Kenenbudi, PT KIB, as a symbol of industrial progress in NTT, will play a role in development in the area.

“We invite local governments and businesses to work together to build this area with industrial strength. We are ready to work together, also with the spirit of hard work and smart work for the progress of NTT,” he said.

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Balige, North Sumatera (ANTARA) – The Communication and Informatics Ministry has prepared media centers at two locations for the FI Powerboat Lake Toba 2023 international race event, the ministry’s Economy and Maritime Information and Communication Director Septriana noted here Friday.These media centers are prepared with the strategic objective of meeting the people’s demand for information on the global event, with Indonesia serving as the host.

“They are also prepared to facilitate the performance of media crew in covering and spreading positive information concerning this F1 Powerboat Lake event,” she remarked.

The first media center is located at the Mulia Raja Napitupulu Harbor Building. The working space for media crew is 11×7 meters wide and can be occupied by around 80 journalists.

Facilities in the media center comprise a TV room, work desks, and chairs that also come with 10 laptops and high-speed internet network.

The second floor of the building also has a room for press conferences that will be routinely held and feature various competent event-related speakers.

“The facilities at both media centers are the same. There is no difference,” she stated.

These facilities are provided to ensure the best service to the media crew, she affirmed.

Thus, Septriana believes that positive stories concerning the championship, specifically on Indonesian tourism, in relation to Lake Toba, as one of Indonesia’s Super Priority Tourism Destinations, can be echoed to the entire world.

The ministry will continue to provide information through routine press statements to the media crew to facilitate reporting.

“As a closure, we expect that this event can bring major and positive benefits to the people of Toba, in particular, and the citizens of Indonesia, in general,” she affirmed.

“Let us make the F1 Powerboat Lake Toba 2023 a success,” Septriana remarked.

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Source: Antara News Agency