Jakarta, Nov. 30 -- Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman emphasized that the government's food assistance for flood and landslide victims in Sumatra, including Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, is being distributed quickly and in a targeted manner.

"Through the Ministry of Agriculture, the government has moved swiftly to provide food support and strategic assistance to accelerate the recovery process in the affected regions," he said in a statement on Sunday.

He delivered the remarks while virtually opening the 7th Congress of the Andalas University Alumni Association (IKA Unand) on Saturday.

He explained that the assistance included 10,614 tons of rice and 1,954 tons of cooking oil for Aceh, and 16,894 tons of rice and 3,108 ...