Sumatra
Government to pay farmers to restore disaster-damaged rice fields in Sumatra
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Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman announced the government will pay farmers through a labor-intensive scheme to rehabilitate rice fields damaged by disasters in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. The program aims to safeguard national food production, with costs covered by the central government. Total damage spans 98,002 hectares, targeting completion of light to medium damage within three months.
Following President Prabowo Subianto's December launch of a Rp60 trillion reconstruction initiative, the government has formed a National Task Force for Accelerating Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, led by Interior Minister Tito Karnavian, with its main operations center in hardest-hit Banda Aceh. Assurances include no cuts to Aceh's Rp1.7 trillion regional budget, amid calls for unity in recovery efforts.
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Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has introduced biometric validation for distributing Temporary Housing Funds (DTH) to disaster victims in Sumatra, eliminating the need for ID cards or family registers. The system uses stored fingerprint and photo data from population records to verify identities. This ensures aid reaches recipients even if documents are lost in the disaster.