Kupang District, NTT, May 7 -- Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka on Wednesday handed out agricultural tools and machinery to farmers in Kupang district, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province, to help them address farming challenges.

According to a statement issued by his secretariat here, the equipment included hand tractors, water pumps, hand sprayers, four-wheeled tractors, and transplanters. The aid is intended to expedite agricultural modernization and boost farmers' productivity.

Speaking at a farming area in Baumata village, Taebenu sub-district, he highlighted that his two-day visit to the province was a follow-up to President Prabowo Subianto's instruction regarding the need to increase food security and farmers' welfare.

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