Jakarta, May 30 -- Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman stated that reaching four million tons in government rice reserves demonstrates both improved farmer welfare and the nation's self-reliance.

"All parties have worked together to help Indonesia secure the biggest rice reserves in history," he remarked in Jakarta on Friday.

This achievement is inseparable from the strategic vision of President Prabowo Subianto, who has consistently encouraged various strategic breakthroughs through the issuance of Presidential Instructions to strengthen production and facilitate farmers.

The government has set a new record in national food governance. For the first time since the state-run logistics company Perum Bulog was established in 1969, t...