With many areas experiencing flooding, Airlangga plays brains on food supply

Jakarta

Coordinating Minister of Economy Airlangga Hartarto revealed that several things need to be anticipated by Indonesia at this time. One of them is related to extreme weather conditions.

“Of course there are a number of things that need to be considered for the potential for extreme weather, climate change becoming real, particularly due to disasters and also due to El Nino with continuous rains “, he said during the CNBC Indonesia Economic 2023. Outlook, Tuesday (28/2/2023).

According to him, this question deserves attention. This is because this condition is related to the state of food security.

“It is our guard against the state of our food security. We see several areas experiencing flooding,” he said.

Not only that, Airlangga said, what needs to be considered is geopolitical risk. Additionally, a spy balloon recently appeared in the United States.

“Of course, we have to be vigilant and anticipate various risks, whether it’s geopolitics which was sharpened yesterday by the balloon incident in America and Canada, and of course the China-Taiwan tension will also increase and that will also disrupt the transportation supply chain,” he explained.

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