Jakarta, July 17 -- President Prabowo Subianto departed Jakarta for Malang District, East Java, on Friday to mark the start of a mass harvest event for rice, sugarcane, and soybeans cultivated by the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI).

He took off aboard the presidential aircraft from Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base in East Jakarta at noon, accompanied by Foreign Minister Sugiono, State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi, Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Minister Nusron Wahid, and Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya.

"Mr. President will lead simultaneous harvests of sugarcane, rice, and soybeans at 43 locations across Indonesia. This event reflects TNI's contribution to advancing the national food self-sufficiency agenda," Secretary Wijaya ...