Madiun, East Java, (Antara) - President Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, is scheduled to visit Bojonegoro district in East Java, and then to Blora district in Central Java on Saturday. Earlier on Friday, the president was in Ponorogo district, East Java, to attend a grand harvest of rice at Jetis village and distributed assistance to the local farmers. On the occasion President Jokowi urged the farmers to boost the yield of rice to maintain the availability of food stocks. "I asked all farmers to be more confident in producing rice and informed them that the government will not import the commodity anymore. So production should rise," Jokowi noted. He pointed out that the government has prepared facilities and infrastructure to improve agricultural production, including irrigation systems, tractors, rice-planting machines, combine harvesters and seeds. "It is now up to you (farmers)," Jokowi remarked. The president further noted that as many as 41,000 tractors will be distributed to farmers, besides other harvesting tools. This month, the government will also announce the promised price of unhusked rice that suits market conditions and meets farmers' expectations, Jokowi affirmed. From Ponorogo, the president made his way to Madiun to obtain first hand information about corn cultivation, and then oversaw the Indonesia Railway Industry PT Inka. President Jokowi is on a two-day working visit from Friday to Saturday to East Java and on to Bojonegoro and Blora districts before returning to Jakarta on Saturday evening. During the visit, President Joko Widodo is accompanied by First Lady Iriana and numerous ministers, among others Minister/State Secretary Pratikno, Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman, and East Java Governor Soekarwo. (*)

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