"One way to make Indonesia a rice barn is by promoting mastery in the field of technology to advance the agricultural sector in Indonesia. Prabowo also revealed the potential to utilize natural resources to significantly increase food production. "We will soon return to food self-sufficiency. We will not import food in two or three years," he said."

"Depends on our nation's ability to master technology. Technology is not just an item, not just buying technology. We must be able to master, create, and operate that technology," said Prabowo. In addition, Prabowo considers the food estate program to be crucial for food self-sufficiency. However, there are still many intellectuals in Indonesia who actually mock the concept of food estate. "There are Indonesian intellectuals who mock me, mock the concept of food estate," he said.