Jokowi Calls For Water Pumps to Protect Crops Against Heat Wave
- Water management needed to safeguard food crops production
- Jokowi is racing to build 61 reservoirs promised in his term
A dry rice field in Subang, West Java, Indonesia in 2023.
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Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo plans to speed up the installation of water pumps across the country to protect food crops from the impact of extreme weather.
Jokowi, as the president’s commonly known, urged the government to get 20,000 water pumps in place and use water more efficiently to safeguard the country’s food security in the face of climate change.