More Than 4 Days Of Flood Inundation, 40 Hectares Of Sawah In Pandeglang Banten Failed To Harvest

The rice fields planted with 40 hectares of rice in Idaman Village, Pandeglang Regency, Banten Province, are certain to fail to harvest. The flood has not subsided in the last four days. "We hope that farmers who failed to harvest will receive assistance from the Ministry of Agriculture to reduce the economic burden of farming," said the Head of Idaman Village, Patia District, Pandeglang Regency, Ilman when contacted, Friday, December 30, confiscated by Antara.

The farmers in Padeglang in early January 2023 should have entered the harvest season from a raw rice field area of 400 hectares. However, 40 hectares of them are confirmed to have failed to harvest.

According to Ilman, the loss due to crop failure is estimated at IDR 1.2 billion.

"I believe that rice plants have been flooded for more than four days the condition of stems, grains and bad leaves," he said. Ilman said, usually farmers produce an average production of six tons per hectare of wet unhulled rice. If wet unhulled rice to a storage level of Rp. 5,000 per kilogram so that the total becomes Rp. 30 million/hectare. So, he said, from the 40 hectares, if farmers' income is Rp. 30 million per hectare, then the loss of Rp. 1.2 billion is accumulated. "We hope that farmers can get seed assistance so that they can return to planting movements in January next year," said Ilman.

He also said that due to the flood, the wheels of the local community's economy had slumped because until now Idaman Village had isolated it. In addition, vegetables, palawija, and dead fruits and crop failure, whereas, he said, these plants are the mainstay of the community's economy.