- Soedarsono Hadisapoetro
Prof.Ir. Soedarsono Hadisapoetro (1921–1989) served as Agriculture Minister in the
Suharto government ofIndonesia from 1978 to 1983.Soedarsono was born in 1921 in
Surakarta ,Central Java . He was appointed Agriculture Minister by PresidentSuharto in 1978 and served until 1983. He foundedKoperasi Unit Desa andBadan 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 atGadjah Mada University ,Yogyakarta . He died inJakarta ofcancer in 1989.He also one of the founders of
BIMAS andINMAS which teach farmers (BIMAS) and Mass Intensification (INMAS) so that the result is productive. As the result of his work, Indonesia received the Star of FAO in food self sufficiency in 1984 in Rome.
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