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The island province, long known for its sandy beaches, terraced rice farms and unique temple culture, is still struggling to find a way to ramp up its agriculture industry and move away from its reliance on tourism as the key economic contributor.
The trade minister says the government is preparing several strategies to stave off potential impacts of impending US tariffs and any miscommunication over Prabowo's food self-sufficiency agenda, as the country still relies on certain agricultural imports.
Budget cuts led to a reduction in new irrigation networks planned to be built this year, from 10,000 hectares to 450 ha, as well as cuts in irrigation network rehabilitation from 45,000 ha to 16,000 ha and dam constructions from 16 new dams to only one dam this year.
President Prabowo Subianto kicked off his term with promises to make Indonesia less dependent on fuel and food imports by ramping up renewable energy supply and building massive agricultural estates, sparking hope but also skepticism as predecessors have tried the same, and failed.
