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President Joko Widodo said that the food reserves in North Sumatra would become an example for other provinces that would also build a "food estate".

This was conveyed by the President while inspecting the location of the food barn in Humbang Hasundutan, North Sumatra, Tuesday, which was monitored through a virtual live broadcast.

"This will be an example for other provinces that want to build a 'food estate'," said the President.

The President said that Indonesia has two provinces that will start the food estate program, namely North Sumatra and Central Kalimantan.

In North Sumatra alone, there are 60 thousand hectares of land available and 30 thousand hectares of which will be used for the "food estate".

The lands in North Sumatra that the government will use as food estate is scattered in several districts, namely Humbang Hasundutan Regency, North Tapanuli Regency, Central Tapanuli Regency, and Pakpak Bharat Regency. (Antaranews)