ucts on a national scale. More than 30 percent of the Wonosobo area is dominated by agricultural land, agricultural products can be the main product to support the residents’ economy. This was conveyed by Vita Ervina, Member of Commission IV of the People’s Representative Council of Indonesia (DPR RI) during the implementation of technical guidance for the Acceleration of Exports of Agricultural Products in Wonosobo Regency, Monday (19/9/2022). “Some commodities have become nationally superior products. Seeing this opportunity, we try to synergize with the Central Java Provincial Government and the Wonosobo Regency Government to upgrade the human resources of the farmers,” said Vita on the technical guidance. She also hopes that the welfare of farmers in Wonosobo can increase in the future and it will have an impact to dominate the market for agricultural products, both at home and abroad.
Various kinds of commodities such as vegetables, potatoes, salak, organic rice, and various other types of horticulture are abundant in the Wonosobo area. This technical guidance is aimed to give farmers an understanding that agricultural products must have good quality to be able to compete internationally. “Not only good quality so that it can be exported, but to compete domestically, the quantity of supply and a more affordable price must dominate. Moreover, foreign competition is very tight and it must be more than that,” she said.
According to the Head of Plantation and Horticulture, Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Service (Dispaperkan) Wonosobo, Sumanto, also admitted that his party was making various efforts to improve the welfare of farmers. One of them is a food estate program that brings together farmers with product buyers and various training to increase the capacity of farmers’ human resources. “With these efforts, especially with the assistance of the Indonesian House of Representatives, we hope that the goals can be achieved quickly,” he concluded.
