Denpasar, Bali, June 24 -- The Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs is encouraging farmers to become the primary drivers in transforming the agricultural sector toward a low-emission, sustainable food production system.

The ministry's Director of Food Production and Climate Change, Fajar Nuradi, stated in Denpasar, Bali, on Wednesday that reducing emissions in agriculture depends not only on technology and policy, but also on empowering farmers as the main actors.

"Farmers are not just the subjects of policy; they are the primary drivers of this transformation. Therefore, building their capacity is absolutely vital," he said at the FSIP - FOLUR Second Global Dialogue on Sustainable Rice Transformation.

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