Jakarta, Feb. 13 -- Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman stated that the government's move to simplify regulations has successfully accelerated fertilizer distribution to farmers, resulting in about 20 percent reduction in fertilizer costs.

"In the past, when farmers were ready to plant, the fertilizer had not arrived. Now, the distribution is direct, fast, and on target," he said in the Indonesia Economic Outlook 2026 event in Jakarta on Friday.

According to Sulaiman, there are two primary pillars for accelerating food self-sufficiency: deregulation and the transformation of agriculture from traditional to modern methods.

"We are taking two steps to achieve self-sufficiency: deregulation and the transition from traditio...