Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia
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Deputy Minister of Agriculture
Sudaryono
revealed that the floods that hit a number of areas in Sumatra did not have a significant impact on
food production
national.
He said that the area of rice fields affected was still relatively small compared to the total area of national rice fields.
“It doesn’t really matter, because it was (the rice fields) that were affected, right? I’m not saying 40 thousand hectares is small. But what I mean when I say it’s only 40 thousand is because I’m comparing it with the total raw area of rice fields in Indonesia, which is 7.3 million ha, so it’s small,” said Sudaryono at the Ministry of Agriculture Office, South Jakarta, Wednesday (10/12).
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He explained that in the three affected provinces there had indeed been a slight decrease in added planting area (LTT) compared to last year’s period.However, nationally, planting activity is still at a high level so it does not interfere with overall production projections.
He also explained that the official recording of harvest results was carried out by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), while the Ministry of Agriculture recorded the planted area as a basis for production projections for the next few months.
“We record what we plant. So we record how much area we plant. So if we plant more in December, then in February-March, the harvest will be bigger. So we can predict approximately if several million hectares are planted, how much the harvest will be, we can already see that production,” he said.
Regarding the direct impact of the disaster, Sudaryono said that reports received to date showed that around 40 thousand hectares of land had been affected in three provinces.However, not all of this land experienced crop failure.
Of that total, the land that is truly puso or crop failure is in the range of 4,500 to 5,000 hectares.He explained that the affected category does not always mean crop failure because some land only experiences temporary flooding or access is hampered.
“So those affected don’t have to have all of their crops fail. For example, those affected are because the road is cut off, because it’s flooded a little, but it doesn’t result in crop failure. Well, it turns out that so far there have been 4,500 to 5,000 hectares in three provinces,” he said.
Land experiencing puso is the main priority for handling because farmers are already in the phase before harvest and have the potential to lose production.
“What is clear is that we counted those who were affected, all of which were puso. I think the puso ones were the ones with the most priority because people were about to harvest, but the harvest failed. Puso is what we have to anticipate,” he said.
For post-disaster recovery, the government is preparing steps to reconstruct the agricultural sector by providing seeds and agricultural machinery so that the affected land can be immediately re-cultivated.The aim is for farmers to return to production without being left behind economically for too long.
“Our focus will be post-disaster reconstruction in the agricultural sector, whether we provide free seeds, then assistance with agricultural machinery so that they can be processed again quickly,” said Sudaryono.
A total of 38,878 hectares of agricultural land in North Sumatra was affected by flash floods and landslides in a number of districts/cities.Of this number, as of December 6, around 5,570 hectares experienced crop failure with estimated losses to farmers reaching IDR 1.132 trillion.
Acting Head of the East Sumatra Food Security, Food Crops and Horticulture Service, Tumanggor, said the affected land included rice, corn, cassava, horticulture and irrigation networks.
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