Presidential Instruction No. 5/2011 on the safeguarding of national rice production in the face of extreme climate

GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS THE SAFEGUARDING OF NATIONAL RICE PRODUCTION IN THE FACE OF EXTREME CLIMATE (Presidential Instruction No. 5/2011 dated March 2, 2011) THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, In an effort to safeguard national unhusked rice/rice production as wei! as to anticipate and re~ spond quickly to extreme climate, the President here with instructs: ThA r:norrlinating Minister for Economic Affairs; 2. The Agriculture Minister; 3. Trie Public Wurk.:~ Mini:>ter; 4. The Transportation Minister; 5. The Trade Minister; 6. The State Enterprises Minister; 7. The Communication and Information Minister; 8. ~ The Forestry Minister; 9. The Finance Minister; 10. The Home Affairs Minister; 11. The National Development Planning Minister/ Chairman of the National Development Planning Agency; 1L. The Chief of the National Police of the Republic of Indonesia; 13. The Chief of the National Defence Forces; 14. The Head of the Meteo rology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency; 15. The Head of ':he National land Agency; 16. The Head 0" the National Disaster Mitigation Board; 17. Governors; 18. Regents/Mayors; to FIRSTLY: Take necessary steps in a coordinated and in tegrated way according to their respective task, func tion and authority to safecuard national unhusked rice/rice production as well as to anticipate and re spond quickly to extreme climate. SECONDLY: 1. The Agriculture Minister to : a. conduct a risk analysis of the impact of ex treme climate on the production and distribu tion of unhusked rice/rice as well as to dis seminate the information to farmers; b. increase the area of farm land and improve the management of irrigation water for paddy fields to anticipate and face extreme climate; c. Increase the avauaouitv of appropriate seeds, fertilizers and pesticides in terms of type, quality, time, location and volume; d. improve the management of farm business, the control of plant pests, the handling of floods and drought on rice fields; e. provide ~nd distribute accurate seed, fertilizer and pesticide assistance and farm business Business News 8121/6-24·10rt 17 GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS cost assistance for regions affected by har vest failure and disasters; f. improve the performance of field officers in anticipating and responding quickly to the impact of extreme climate; g. improve agricultural tools and machines in terms 01 quality and quantity to speed up the management of rice farm business; h. increase post-harvest activities to reduce lost output and declining quality of unhusked rice/rice; i. strengthen unh usked rice/rice st ocks of the government, regional government and the public; J. increase the diversification of food consump tion and stocks particularly by taking advan tage of local food sources. 2. the Public Works Minister to : a. increase and develop the function of public works infrastructures in support of rice farm ing; and b. give support to improve the management of irrigation water for rice farming under ex treme climate circumstances. 3. The Transportation Minister to : a. increase the function of transportation infra structures to support the distribution of un husked rice/rice; and b. provide transportation means to distribute unhusked rice/rice in areas affected by ex treme climate. 4. The Trade Minister to : a. increase the supply and distribution of un husked rice/rice in areas affected by extreme climate; b. give support to strengthen unhusked rice! rice stocks of the government, regional governments and the public; and c. improve the system of distributing unhusked rice/rice from surplus areas to deficit areas. 5. The State Enterprises Minister to : a. increase the function of state-owned compa nies in providing farm land on forested land under an intercroppinq pattern for rice plant; b. increase the function of state-owned compa nies in providing and distributing production means as well as in distributing rioe; and c. strengthen the function of state-owned com panies in procuring and managing unhusked rice/rice stocks of the government. 6. The Communication and Information Minister to support the dissemination of information on ex treme climate early warning and the risk impact of extreme climate on production as well as dis tribution of unhusked rice/rice. 7. The Forestry Minister to support the expansion of farm land under an intercropping pattern for rice ferming by utilizing forested land. S. The Finance Minister to allocate budget funds needed to implement this Presidential Instruction in the State Budget. 9. The Home Affairs Minister to guide and control 18 Busines-: New5 8122/6·24·2011 GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS regional governments in anticipating and re sponding quickly to extreme climate. 10. The Chief of the National Police of the Republic of Indonesia to mobilize equipment and person nel to support plant pest control. mitigate floods and droughts affecting rice fields. 11. The Chief of the Nrttional Defence Force~ to mo bilize equipment and personnel to support plant pest control, mitigate floods and droughts affect ing rice fields. 12. The Head of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency to analyze extreme climate and disseminate information on extreme climate b. allocate budget funds needed to implement this Presidential Instruction in the respective regency/municipal budget. THIRDLY: The Minister of National Development Plan ning/Head of the National Development Planning Agency to ; a. coordinate efforts to make merlium-tFlrm cornpre hensive policies on adaptation to face extreme climate in support of national food security; and b. monitor and evaluate the implementation of this Presidential Instruction. The Coordinating Minister for Economic Af lalrs to coordlnate the unplernentatlun of this Presi To Implement this PreSidential Instruction with full responsibility. This Presidential Instruction shall come into force as from the date of issuance. 19 (S) Issued in Jakarta On March 2, 2011 THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, sgd. DR. H. SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO dential Instruction. FIFTHLY: rOUIlTHLY; early warning to the Agriculture Ministry and rel evant agencies. 13. The Head of the National Land Agency to give support in sternrntnq the shrinkage rate of farm land for rice farming and in increasing the use of idle land. 14. The Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency to rnobihze equipment and personnel to give support in mitigating natural disasters par ticularly 1100ds and droughts affecting rice fields. 15. Governors to : a. guide and supervise regency/municipal gov ernments in anticipating and responding quickly to extreme climate; and b. allocate budget funds needed to implement this Presidentia1Instruction in the respective provincial budget. 16. Regents/Mayors to: a. anticipate and respond quickly to extreme climate in their respective regions; and Business News 812216·24,2011