Era 4.0, which was marked by the development of information and communication technology and the internet, has touched the agricultural sector. The Ministry of Agriculture takes advantage of this to strengthen technology-based data. In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture has also prepared competent human resources to support it. Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo said that Information Technology and the Internet encourage the creation of a management system in the technology-based data collection process. This also makes it easier to provide information from the regions to the center.
According to him, reliable data is the basis for the accuracy of policy implementation to the evaluation aspect. "Data as a very important source of information, data is the beginning and end of management, if we have the wrong data then we plan something wrong, and we will walk the wrong way," said the Minister of Agriculture. The Agricultural Human Resources Extension and Development Agency (BPPSDMP) is required to implement good financial governance. This call was made by the Head of BPPSDMP, Dedi Nursyamsi, when opening the Workshop on Disseminating the Technical Draft and SIMREADSI management for central and regional READSI managers via Zoom. "The use of state money is mandatory with good governance. By following the technical guidelines and applicable SOPs, activities can run smoothly, with SIMREADSI it can make it easier to monitor finances and ongoing activities," said Dedi Nursyamsi, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. According to him, READSI is here to prepare competent agricultural human resources in facing challenges and rapid changes in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. One of the concrete steps taken is to implement data digitization through the SIMREADSI (READSI Management Information System) application.
"SIMREADSI was developed to increase management work productivity and services that are efficient, fast, easy, accurate, cheap, safe, integrated and accountable, by utilizing Internet-based Information Technology," said Dedi again. SIMREADSI is used to process administrative data which includes finance, procurement of goods and services, reimbursements, to monitoring and evaluation of farmer groups in the READSI target area, which can then be used as planning material and decision making. NPMO seeks to facilitate the ease of implementation and reporting of activities in the regions by optimizing the use of the SIMREADSI application by PPSU, DPMO, to Village Facilitators. He added, READSI is a program designed as an upgrade to the READ Project approach model, which is funded by Foreign Loans and Grants (PHLN) from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). And on December 12, 2018 the Ministry of Finance and Regional Heads signed the Regional Grant Agreement (PHD) which agreed that the implementation of the READSI program in the regions used the on-granting mechanism, following the PMK.
