SOLO - PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) invites paddy farmers in Karangwuni Village, Polokarto District, Sukoharjo Regency, Central Java, to join the Makmur program. This was conveyed directly by the President Director of Pupuk Indonesia, Rahmad Pribadi, at the Ministry of Agriculture's harvest and rice planting event in Central Java, Tuesday (24/10/2023).

Rahmad directly socialized and invited rice farmers to join the program launched by BUMN Minister Erick Thohir in 2021. This program is a solution for farmers to increase agricultural productivity and income.

“So we have the Makmur program. "This program uses non-subsidized fertilizer in cultivation and the results or profits for farmers are greater," said Rahmad.

Pupuk Indonesia supports agricultural intensification by providing non-subsidized fertilizer, providing appropriate fertilizer recommendations, thereby improving the quality of soil management through the Makmur program. This answers the statement of Waqib, one of the farmers who does not want to continue to depend on subsidized fertilizer.

This Makmur program with the acronym Mari Kita Majukan Usaha Rakyat (Let Us Improve People's Business) is an ecosystem that connects farmers with a number of state-owned companies. According to Rahmad, farmers who join the Makmur ecosystem will get many benefits. Starting from technical and cultivation guidance, guaranteed supply of non-subsidized seeds and fertilizers, insurance to protect against the threat of crop failure, easy access to capital through banking, to guaranteed purchases of agricultural products at competitive prices.

"So, for all farmer groups that take part in the Makmur program, we immediately send companions to this free program, apart from providing assistance, we also carry out soil tests to find out how much fertilizer is needed. "Everyone who joins the Makmur group has their productivity increase by 30 percent, so farmers can buy non-subsidized fertilizer needs and as a result farmers are more prosperous," said Rahmad.

As of September 2023, Pupuk Indonesia has implemented the Makmur program on 262,783 hectares of land or 133 percent of the target of 198,096 hectares. There are several commodities that have experienced an increase in productivity, such as rice with an average increase of 14 percent, corn with an average increase of 23 percent, sugar cane increasing an average of 27 percent, coffee increasing an average of 48 percent, and palm oil increasing an average of 7 percent.

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PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) is the largest Urea fertilizer producer in Asia and ranks among the top 10 globally, with a total annual factory production capacity of 13.95 million tons of fertilizer. In fulfilling its mission for national food security, PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) and its ten subsidiaries are the largest fertilizer producers in Asia, manufacturing a variety of fertilizers including Urea, NPK, ZA, Organic, and SP-36, distributed across the islands of Java, Sumatra, and Kalimantan. The company is supported by various facilities such as ports and related infrastructure, transportation ships, warehouses, fertilizer packaging units, and workshops that streamline the production and distribution of fertilizers. The operational activities of the Pupuk Indonesia Group encompass the fertilizer, petrochemical, and agrochemical industries, as well as steam and electricity production, transportation and distribution, trade, and EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction).

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