Deputy Chairman of Commission IV DPR RI Ahmad Yohan. Photo: Personal documentation
jpnn.comJAKARTA – Deputy Chairman of Commission IV DPR RI Ahmad Yohan fully supports the Government’s steps to issue a Presidential Regulation (Perpres) regarding simplifying the distribution of subsidized fertilizer for farmers.
“This policy is very revolutionary, farmers have had very complicated access to subsidized fertilizer. “So far, distribution has been very bureaucratic, with long-winded regulations, making it difficult and detrimental to farmers, because distribution often takes a long time, even past the planting season,” said Ahmad Yohan in a press statement to journalists, Friday (3/1/2025).
This PAN politician hopes that with the issuance of the Presidential Decree on subsidized fertilizer, they will no longer have difficulty obtaining it because it will be directly received by the farmer group association (Gapoktan).
In this way, he said, when the planting season arrives, they no longer need to buy non-subsidized fertilizer.
“Commission IV of the DPR will oversee easy access for farmers to obtain this subsidized fertilizer. “We ask the Ministry of Agriculture and PT Pupuk Indonesia to ensure that subsidized fertilizer is easily obtained by farmers through Gapoktan-gapoktan,” said the DPR Member from the NTT I electoral district.
Apart from that, his party also asked Gapoktan-gapoktan to actually distribute it directly to farmers.
“Don’t let Gapoktan be the one that doesn’t distribute it. “We will monitor everyone, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Pt Pupuk Indonesia, to Gapoktan, whether this subsidized fertilizer is actually directly received by farmers or not,” said Yohan.
Remembering, said Yohan, distribution of subsidized fertilizer that is right on target, in the right amount and on time will not only help farmers, but can also achieve food self-sufficiency which is targeted by 2027.
Deputy Chairman of Commission IV DPR Ahmad Yohan fully supports the Government’s steps to issue a Presidential Decree regarding simplifying the distribution of subsidized fertilizer.