Soedarsono Hadisapoetro Explained

Soedarsono Hadisapoetro
Office:Ministry of Agriculture
Order:17th
Predecessor:Toyib Hadiwijaya
Successor:Achmad Affandi
President:Suharto
Term Start:29 March 1978
Term End:19 March 1983
Birth Date:15 July 1921
Birth Place:Surakarta, Central Java, Dutch East Indies
Death Place:Jakarta, Indonesia
Spouse:Sendang Lestari
Alma Mater:Gadjah Mada University

Professor Ir. Soedarsono Hadisapoetro (1921–1989) served as Agriculture Minister in the Suharto government of Indonesia from 1978 to 1983.[1]

Soedarsono was born in 1921 in Surakarta, Central Java. He was appointed Agriculture Minister by President Suharto in 1978 and served until 1983. He founded Koperasi Unit Desa and Badan Usaha Unit Desa in the early 1980s, which, although small, was influential in the early New Order era, because of the expertise and high education levels of its leaders. He also a teacher at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. He died in Jakarta of cancer in 1989.

He also one of the founders of BIMAS and INMAS which teach farmers (BIMAS) and Mass Intensification (INMAS) so that the result is productive.[2] As the result of his work, Indonesia received the Star of FAO in food self-sufficiency in 1984 in Rome.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-04-16 . PRESIDEN INSTRUKSIKAN: PERKECIL SEGERA KERUSAKAN TANAMAN PADI AKIBAT BANJIR DAN WERENG - HM Soeharto . 2024-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416075828/https://soeharto.co/presiden-instruksikan-perkecil-segera-kerusakan-tanaman-padi-akibat-banjir-dan-wereng/ . 2021-04-16 .
  2. Rieffel . Alexis . 1969 . The BIMAS Program for Self-Sufficiency in Rice Production . Indonesia . 8 . 103–133 . 10.2307/3350671 . 3350671 . 0019-7289. 1813/53466 . free .