Prabowo Subianto: Encourage Indonesia to Do Food Self-Sufficiency
Channel Rakyat. Candidates for President Prabowo Subianto encourage Indonesia to return to self-sufficiency, which includes self-sufficiency in food, water and energy. This is one of his strategies to win voters ahead of the upcoming 2019 Presidential Election. Last week, Prabowo's team also talked about his plan to cut corporate and personal income tax rates if he won the election, so he could compete better with neighboring low-tax countries such as Singapore, in attracting more investment.
Indonesian President Candidate, Prabowo Subianto, said that he had a "big push strategy" to make the country a prosperous nation, following several Southeast Asian neighbors.
One of its core programs is achieving self-sufficiency in food, energy and water, Prabowo said in his remarks at the annual Indonesian Economic Forum on Wednesday (11/21).
"My strategy will be to use our competitive advantage," the retired military general said, referring to agriculture and agribusiness.
Prabowo is seen as still lagging behind President Joko Widodo in the April vote. To attract voters, he has poured great ideas in the past few weeks.
Last week, Prabowo's team talked about his plan to cut corporate and personal income tax rates if he won the election, so that he could compete better with low-tax neighboring countries such as Singapore, in attracting more investment.
Prabowo told the forum on Wednesday (21/11): "We occupy a third of the world's tropical zone ... We can have three crops a year with technology, good management."
He also said that Indonesia could regrow 88 million ha of destroyed forest - twice the size of the island of Sumatra - to make them productive again, to help meet the goals of state self-sufficiency. He did not say how he would take over vast land to replant the forest.
Many forests in the three main islands of Indonesia - Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan - have been cleared for agriculture and plantations, from rice to oil palm and other commodities such as rubber.
He said that Indonesia's forests are very important for food production and renewable energy generation. He gave an example of how forests can produce bioenergy such as bioethanol from palm trees and biocoal by heating biomass intensely.
The 66-year-old man criticized Indonesia's current heavy reliance on fuel imports, while at the same time exporting large amounts of crude oil.
He warned of a depletion of energy resources, citing projections that the resource-rich country would need to depend on imports for all energy or fuel needs by 2027.
2019 Presidential Election
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (second from left) and his vice president, Ma'ruf Amin, (left) along with their rivals, Prabowo Subianto (second from right) and his vice president, Sandiaga Uno (right) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 23, 2018. ( Photo: AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)
State-owned energy company Pertamina said in September that oil imports for this year had averaged 393,000 barrels per day (bpd) until August. This is 6 percent higher than the daily average of 370,000 bpd that Indonesia imported for the whole of last year.
Regardless of the domestic orientation, Prabowo said that he would be open to foreign investment and would like to learn from other countries with advanced technology, such as the United States (US) and India, on agricultural issues.
Prabowo is the son of a prominent Indonesian economist, Sumitro Djojohadikusumo. His big ideas about economic problems are one of the main keys of his campaign.
The pair of presidential candidates are entrepreneurs and former Deputy Governor of Jakarta Sandiaga Uno. Their economic policy team includes economist Dradjad Wibowo, a politician from the National Mandate Party (PAN).
Prabowo and Sandiaga challenged President Jokowi and his partner, cleric Ma'ruf Amin, in the vote in April.
The former military figure also promised that if elected, he would emulate the success stories of countries that had succeeded in significantly reducing poverty.
He quoted China, which it said had raised more than 90 percent of its population from the poverty line since 1978 with an "economic miracle". He added: "I am convinced that we can change this country very quickly, but we need a clean and strong government."
Prabowo raises various indicators to show that Indonesia lags behind several neighboring Southeast Asian countries.
Indonesia's tax ratio - which reached 10.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) - occupies 112th place from 124 countries in 2016, far lower than Thailand (66th), Malaysia (86), Singapore (87) , and Philippines (88), men
Indonesian President Candidate, Prabowo Subianto, said that he had a "big push strategy" to make the country a prosperous nation, following several Southeast Asian neighbors.
One of its core programs is achieving self-sufficiency in food, energy and water, Prabowo said in his remarks at the annual Indonesian Economic Forum on Wednesday (11/21).
"My strategy will be to use our competitive advantage," the retired military general said, referring to agriculture and agribusiness.
Prabowo is seen as still lagging behind President Joko Widodo in the April vote. To attract voters, he has poured great ideas in the past few weeks.
Last week, Prabowo's team talked about his plan to cut corporate and personal income tax rates if he won the election, so that he could compete better with low-tax neighboring countries such as Singapore, in attracting more investment.
Prabowo told the forum on Wednesday (21/11): "We occupy a third of the world's tropical zone ... We can have three crops a year with technology, good management."
He also said that Indonesia could regrow 88 million ha of destroyed forest - twice the size of the island of Sumatra - to make them productive again, to help meet the goals of state self-sufficiency. He did not say how he would take over vast land to replant the forest.
Many forests in the three main islands of Indonesia - Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan - have been cleared for agriculture and plantations, from rice to oil palm and other commodities such as rubber.
He said that Indonesia's forests are very important for food production and renewable energy generation. He gave an example of how forests can produce bioenergy such as bioethanol from palm trees and biocoal by heating biomass intensely.
The 66-year-old man criticized Indonesia's current heavy reliance on fuel imports, while at the same time exporting large amounts of crude oil.
He warned of a depletion of energy resources, citing projections that the resource-rich country would need to depend on imports for all energy or fuel needs by 2027.
2019 Presidential Election
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (second from left) and his vice president, Ma'ruf Amin, (left) along with their rivals, Prabowo Subianto (second from right) and his vice president, Sandiaga Uno (right) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 23, 2018. ( Photo: AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)
State-owned energy company Pertamina said in September that oil imports for this year had averaged 393,000 barrels per day (bpd) until August. This is 6 percent higher than the daily average of 370,000 bpd that Indonesia imported for the whole of last year.
Regardless of the domestic orientation, Prabowo said that he would be open to foreign investment and would like to learn from other countries with advanced technology, such as the United States (US) and India, on agricultural issues.
Prabowo is the son of a prominent Indonesian economist, Sumitro Djojohadikusumo. His big ideas about economic problems are one of the main keys of his campaign.
The pair of presidential candidates are entrepreneurs and former Deputy Governor of Jakarta Sandiaga Uno. Their economic policy team includes economist Dradjad Wibowo, a politician from the National Mandate Party (PAN).
Prabowo and Sandiaga challenged President Jokowi and his partner, cleric Ma'ruf Amin, in the vote in April.
The former military figure also promised that if elected, he would emulate the success stories of countries that had succeeded in significantly reducing poverty.
He quoted China, which it said had raised more than 90 percent of its population from the poverty line since 1978 with an "economic miracle". He added: "I am convinced that we can change this country very quickly, but we need a clean and strong government."
Prabowo raises various indicators to show that Indonesia lags behind several neighboring Southeast Asian countries.
Indonesia's tax ratio - which reached 10.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) - occupies 112th place from 124 countries in 2016, far lower than Thailand (66th), Malaysia (86), Singapore (87) , and Philippines (88), men
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