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Prabowo Urges All Regions to Establish Food Warehouses for Disaster Preparedness
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Prabowo Urges All Regions to Establish Food Warehouses for Disaster Preparedness

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • President Prabowo has called for all regions in Indonesia to establish food warehouses to improve disaster preparedness.
  • This initiative aims to ensure rapid distribution of aid, particularly food supplies, during emergencies.
  • The central government will support provincial and district authorities in setting up and managing these essential food reserves.

President Prabowo Subianto has directed that every region in Indonesia should establish logistics warehouses to bolster disaster preparedness, especially for food supplies. He emphasized that food reserves should be an integral part of local governments' readiness plans for natural disasters.

"I think that's a good suggestion. So, note that down, I think that's a good suggestion. So, we'll calculate it nationally. Yes. Then we'll assist each province so that the governor has a food preparation warehouse, along with the regent. It should actually be like that," Prabowo stated during a coordination meeting on handling the NTT earthquake in Nagekeo Regency, NTT.

I think that's a good suggestion. So, note that down, I think that's a good suggestion. So, we'll calculate it nationally. Yes. Then we'll assist each province so that the governor has a food preparation warehouse, along with the regent. It should actually be like that.

— Prabowo SubiantoPresident Prabowo's response to the suggestion of establishing regional food warehouses.

The central government, he added, will provide support to each province for establishing these warehouses, which will be managed by local governments. Prabowo instructed his staff to estimate the needs for each region. This proposal originated from the Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Suharyanto, who suggested that each regency and city should have food warehouses to enable swift aid delivery during disasters.

Suharyanto highlighted that following the NTT earthquake, the Regional Disaster Management Agency's (BPBD) logistics warehouse was empty. He noted that while BPBD is the frontline agency for disaster response, BNPB lacks direct command over BPBD, causing delays in aid delivery. "Even though they should be able to provide basic assistance, food. We will come to strengthen the distribution of logistics. That is what has become very prominent, Mr. President. Please, in the future, this should be a concern because disasters are happening very frequently in our region," Suharyanto said.

Even though they should be able to provide basic assistance, food. We will come to strengthen the distribution of logistics. That is what has become very prominent, Mr. President. Please, in the future, this should be a concern because disasters are happening very frequently in our region.

— SuharyantoHead of BNPB highlighting the need for regional food warehouses due to empty BPBD stocks after the NTT earthquake.
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Originally published by CNN Indonesia in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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