A Total Of 420 Ha Production Forests In Lampung Proposed To Plant Padi Gogo
BANDAR LAMPUNG - The Forestry Service (Dishut) of Lampung Province stated that a 420 hectare (ha) production forest area has been proposed for the planting of gogo and corn rice as an effort to help accelerate the food self-sufficiency program in this area.
"Until now, the implementation of the food self-sufficiency program through the planting of gogo rice, and corn has not yet been carried out. However, yesterday data was given to the Department of Plantation and Agriculture regarding the production forest land that can be planted," said Head of the Lampung Provincial Forestry Service Yanyan Ruchyansyah, in Bandarlampung, Saturday.
He said the potential area of production forest land that can be planted by the gogo and corn rice plants was identified as approximately 420 ha.
"The land has also been determined for prospective location farmers (CPCL), and socialization has begun to be carried out to forestside farmers," he also said.
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He explained that there were a number of challenges in the implementation of the planting of gogo rice on the production forest land. One of them is to convince farmers when planting, these plants have economic value that is equivalent to plants cultivated so far.
"The challenge is to prove to farmers that the cultivation that is now being socialized is more profitable than before. However, socialization efforts are still being made to forestside farmers," he said again.
According to him, planting the gogo rice and corn will not interfere with the high-end plants in the forest environment and plants previously managed by forestside farmers.
"This does not interfere with MPTS' multi-purpose tree species and high-end plants, because the location is chosen in the production forest, which has already been cultivated in the type of corn and rice plants and the place is more open," he also said.
Previously, the Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut) said that 6,000 ha of land in social forestry areas in Lampung Province could potentially be managed to support food security.