Jakarta, Oct. 19 -- The Agriculture Ministry and the Coordinating Ministry for Community Empowerment have joined forces to accelerate poverty alleviation through agriculture-based economic empowerment.

"The most effective and targeted approach to poverty alleviation is empowerment," Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar said following a meeting with Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman in Jakarta on Monday.

The strategy aims to make communities more productive, help them build businesses, and boost their income sustainably.

Both ministries discussed plans to develop high-value commodities, bolster production, and enhance downstream processing and marketing within a unified empowerment ecosystem to delive...