238 Hectares Of Rice Fields In Lebak Banten Are Threatened With Harvest Failure Due To Drought
BANTEN - Center for Food Crop Protection and Horticulture (BPTPH) Banten Province. reported 238 hectares of rice fields in Lebak Regency were threatened with crop failure due to drought.
"We continue to strive to save rice plants with pumping systems, especially rice fields that have water surface sources," said Head of the Production Division of the Lebak Regency Agriculture Service, Deni Iskandar in Lebak, Banten, Tuesday, September 5, which was confiscated by Antara. The rice fields experiencing the drought covering an area of 238 hectares are spread across the Districts of Malingping, Cihara, Leuwidamar, Maja, Curugbitung, Sobang, Warunggunung, Rangkasbitung, and Kalanganyar. The drought continues to be monitored by Plant Disturbing Organism Control Officers (PPOPT) in each sub-district.
It is possible that if the dry season lasts until next October, the number of droughts will increase. Therefore, his party is now coordinating with the Banten Provincial Government for handling the impact of El Nino. "We are optimizing the special pumping of rice fields that have surface water sources so that they can suck water from the river," he explained. According to him, the drought that hit the rice fields followed the dry season or El Nino, where since three weeks there has been no rainfall. Most of the rice fields have drought because they do not have irrigation infrastructure.