Jakarta, Feb. 8 -- President Prabowo Subianto highlighted that, under his administration, Indonesia has made notable progress toward regaining self-sufficiency in food, citing improved access to fertilizers and a record national rice stock.

During the centenary celebration of Nahdlatul Ulama in Malang, East Java, on Sunday, he stated that the government places fertilizer accessibility for farmers at the core of its national food security agenda.

"I have proved my resolve: Shortly after I took office, the government ensured that fertilizer reached all farmers in sufficient quantities and at lower prices," Prabowo remarked in a speech broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat in Jakarta.

The president then pointed to a historic achieveme...