Forget about El Nino and La Nina. What's up?

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - the National Economic Council (DEN) provides reports and recommendations regarding matters that the nation will face for President Prabowo Subianto. One of them is related to the effects of El Nino and La Nina's weather phenomena affecting food availability.

This reveals Luhut, after a limited meeting with the president, at the Palace of Independence, Tuesday (20 / 10 / 2026). On that occasion also attended Deputy Chairman DEN Mari Elka Pangestu, and members of DEN Arief Anshory, Haryanto Adikoeemo, Heriyanto Irawan, Mochamad Hidayat, and Septian Hario Seto.

"Indeed a variety of problems arise and may arise, But we also came up with a solution and we thought that we were mangageable the whole time we were together," Luhut said, after the meeting.

From the invention of the DEN, the phenomenon of the cooling conditions of sea-face temperatures that trigger this increase in rainfall will affect food production

"Food availability and such are possible floods, so that there are consequences to dealing with things that are indeed beyond our ability because they are nature's problems. But predictable will happen," said Luhut.

Luhut recommended the president's preparation for food supplies, until the schedule of the rice plant.

Let's Elka Pangestu, in preparation for the El Nino weather phenomenon will take place until the quarter I of 2026, while La Nina will take place in the mid-2026.

To that end, according to Mari Elka, based on data collected by identification points that will experience drought, the DEN recommends with pump anticipation, time of planting crops.

"It may have to be delayed due to drought, and also anticipate floods and possible catastrophic impact. So these are the anticipation that needs to be done but data-based and look at estimates, especially about food," he said.

Let Elka also see how this is connected to the rice reserves and the food prices. He thinks distortions and market operations need to be performed.

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Let Elka also recommend the related forest fires and land on the land of greed, need to be done by water. The DEN also recommends health care at places of carhutla like in Kalimantan, Southern Sumatera, Jambi, and Riau.

"That's six points that are really affected by the smoke from the forest fire, how the government also gives them special health care - they include the mask division and so on," the tour.