The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) released economic growth for the third quarter of 2020 based on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of various sectors. In its release, BPS noted that only the agricultural sector experienced positive growth, which grew by 2.15 percent (y on y). The Head of BPS, Kecuk Suhariyanto, said that the growth was inseparable from the condition of the price of oil palm and soybean food commodities in the international market in the third quarter which increased (q to q) and…

Jakarta – The Agriculture Quarantine Ministry of Padang, West Sumatra, noted that there was a significant increase in requests for export facilitation for superior agricultural commodities of West Sumatra in the January to September 2020 period, reaching 432.57 million tons. “Based on data on the quarantine system, IQFAST Padang Agricultural Quarantine, it was noted that the facilitation of commodity exports was recorded at Rp1.65 trillion, an increase of 53.1 percent over the same period in 2019,” said Head of Padang Agricultural Quarantine Iswan Haryanto in…

Commemoration of the 92 youth oath day which falls on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 has a new meaning and spirit for Nur Agis Aulia, a millennial farmer and founder of Jawara Farm based in Serang Regency, Banten Province. Agis, as he is called, said that the youth oath day and the agricultural sector are two inseparable correlations in everyday life. “It must be a milestone, where the problem of food must be embedded in the minds of youth,” he said, on Wednesday, October 28, 2020….

A paradigm shift in managing the performance of government agencies by representing the old style into current performance. This also becomes a challenge in itself to answer how to be able to assess or know information in a transparent and accountable manner in seeing the performance achievements of a government agency. The spirit of creating a results-oriented government has not only surfaced in developed countries, but also in developing countries including Indonesia. Management changes are carried out in order to resolve problems or obstacles that…