Director General Infrastructure Ministry of Agriculture, Gatot Irianto, said the company is focusing keeping about 190,000 hectares of agricultural land are located in areas of endemic drought.
"Based on reports in the field of agricultural land in Java, the most affected by the drought in Indramayu, Cirebon, Subang, Demak and Grobogan," he said.
To address the threat of crop failure, continued Billy, rice farmers in the area switch to plant watermelons, melons, and pulses, especially the green beans.
As for areas outside Java, such as in South Sumatra, Lampung, Riau, West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan, farmers can still survive by growing rice. "The supply of rice is still safe," he said.
In order to overcome the drought, the Ministry of Agriculture has distributed 36 thousand water pumps, tractors and building irigrasi tertiary networks in various regions. With the help of a water pump, the water shortage is expected to be resolved.
"Farmers can use these resources river water or shallow ground water to irrigate their rice crops that are drought," he said.
In order for effective handling of the problem of drought, drought mitigation Kementan form teams. Beyond that there is the support of non-commissioned members of the village builder (Babinsa), lecturers, students and peasant organizations such as Contact Farmers and Fishermen (KTNA).
"Babinsa also involved to regulate the use of water for irrigation in turns so that no excess or shortage," he said.
It believes that suffer parched farmland this year will decrease. Based on the record Kementan, during the period October 2013 to July 2014 drought farmland reaches 159,000 hectares, while from October 2014 until July 2015 only 57,000 hectares.
"There are 102,000 acres that were saved, the rupiah scale production value of Rp 2 trillion," he explained.
As for long-term solutions, budgeted Rp 2 trillion in fiscal year 2016 for the construction of the reservoir basin water reservoir alias. Ponds, he said, would be useful to hold water when the rainy season arrives.
When drought comes, the water supply in the reservoir can be used to irrigate rice fields. "The average one dam was the extent of 10-15 acres," he explained. (Mia / owi / wir)
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"Based on reports in the field of agricultural land in Java, the most affected by the drought in Indramayu, Cirebon, Subang, Demak and Grobogan," he said.
To address the threat of crop failure, continued Billy, rice farmers in the area switch to plant watermelons, melons, and pulses, especially the green beans.
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As for areas outside Java, such as in South Sumatra, Lampung, Riau, West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan, farmers can still survive by growing rice. "The supply of rice is still safe," he said.
In order to overcome the drought, the Ministry of Agriculture has distributed 36 thousand water pumps, tractors and building irigrasi tertiary networks in various regions. With the help of a water pump, the water shortage is expected to be resolved.
"Farmers can use these resources river water or shallow ground water to irrigate their rice crops that are drought," he said.
In order for effective handling of the problem of drought, drought mitigation Kementan form teams. Beyond that there is the support of non-commissioned members of the village builder (Babinsa), lecturers, students and peasant organizations such as Contact Farmers and Fishermen (KTNA).
"Babinsa also involved to regulate the use of water for irrigation in turns so that no excess or shortage," he said.
It believes that suffer parched farmland this year will decrease. Based on the record Kementan, during the period October 2013 to July 2014 drought farmland reaches 159,000 hectares, while from October 2014 until July 2015 only 57,000 hectares.
"There are 102,000 acres that were saved, the rupiah scale production value of Rp 2 trillion," he explained.
As for long-term solutions, budgeted Rp 2 trillion in fiscal year 2016 for the construction of the reservoir basin water reservoir alias. Ponds, he said, would be useful to hold water when the rainy season arrives.
When drought comes, the water supply in the reservoir can be used to irrigate rice fields. "The average one dam was the extent of 10-15 acres," he explained. (Mia / owi / wir)
Sumber : JPNN.com
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