ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – The Indonesian government needs to think about regenerating farmers to prevent the threat of a food crisis in the future. The reason is that currently Indonesian farmers are predominantly elderly.
Based on the results of the 2023 Agricultural Census conducted by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the total number of agricultural business units in Indonesia reached 29.36 million, dominated by individual farming businesses (UTP) aged around 43-58 years.
BPS Principal Secretary Atqo Mardiyanto said that based on the results of the census conducted from June-July 2023, it was discovered that there was an imbalance in the composition of farmers, where the number of elderly farmers had increased while the number of young farmers had decreased.
“If the theme is food sovereignty, perhaps this can later become a policy material because our farmers are still dominated by those who are relatively old, more than 55 years,” said Atqo at the dissemination event for the first phase of the 2023 Agricultural Census Results, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. , Jakarta, Monday, December 4 2023.
BPS noted that if we look at the distribution of farmers by generation, of the 29.36 million agricultural business units, most are managed by generation X (43-58 years), namely 42.39%. Meanwhile, generation Z (11-26 years) is the smallest, namely only 2.14%.
When compared with data from the agricultural census 10 years ago, the number of farmers aged between 55-64 years experienced the most significant increase, namely 20.01% in 2013 to 23.20% in 2023. Meanwhile, the number of farmers aged between 35-44 years experienced the most significant decrease is from 26.34% in 2013 to 22.08% in 2023.
“So those over 55 years old actually experienced an increase, those under 44 years old experienced a decrease. In general, most individual farming business managers in Indonesia are aged 45 years and over,” said Atqo. (AT Network)
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