Bandung, West Java, Aug. 12 -- The adoption of modern technology in the agriculture sector has helped increase productivity by 30 to 50 percent, according to the Center for Agricultural Machine Assembly and Modernization ( BRMP Mektan ) of the Agriculture Ministry.

Supervisor of agricultural machinery and equipment at BRMP Mektan , Harsono, said that modern agricultural machinery and tools are key for transforming the sector and achieving food resilience.

"If all stakeholders collaborate, then the vision of national agriculture toward efficiency, productivity, with global competitiveness can be made true," he affirmed during a focus group discussion in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday.

According to Harsono, the modernization of technolog...