The Allocation Of Pupuk Urea And NPK In Mukomuko Is 1,589 Tons

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JAKARTA - The allocation of subsidized fertilizers for farmers in Mukomuko Regency, Bengkulu Province, in 2024 will increase to thousands of tons.

This is to ensure the availability of fertilizer needed by farmers during the current rice planting season.

The addition of subsidized fertilizers for Mukomuko Regency is based on the Decree of the Head of the Food Crops, Horticulture, and Plantation Office of Bengkulu Province Number 953 of 2024 concerning the first reallocation of subsidized fertilizers in the agricultural sector in 2024.

"In the decree, Mukomuko received an additional 1,589 tons of urea and NPK subsidy fertilizer," said the Sub-Coordinator of Saprodi, Alsintan and Financing of the Mukomuko District Agriculture Office, Dodi Hardiansyah, as reported by ANTARA, Sunday, October 6.

He said, in the decree, the allocation of subsidized urea fertilizers increased by 589 tons, from 1,650 tons to 2,050 tons and NPK increased from 1,461 tons to 2,461 tons.

He added, thank God, the proposed addition of 1,000 tons of subsidized NPK fertilizer was accommodated by the Bengkulu Provincial Government through the Bengkulu Province Food Crops, Horticulture, and Plantation Service.

He hopes that the addition of the allocation of thousands of tons of subsidized fertilizer can meet the needs of farmers during the rice planting season and horticultural plants in this area.

In addition, he continues to invite the public to report any party who misuses subsidized fertilizer in the area.

Meanwhile, in early 2024, Mukomuko Regency received a subsidized fertilizer allocation of 1,650 tons, consisting of 966 tons of urea fertilizer and 684 tons of Ponska NPK fertilizer.

However, in May this year, there was an increase in the allocation of subsidized fertilizers with an additional 100 percent for urea fertilizers and more than 100 percent for NPK fertilizers.

With this addition, the total allocation of subsidized fertilizers for 2024 will reach 3,100 tons, which includes 1,700 tons of urea fertilizer and 1,400 tons of NPK fertilizer.

Then, the Ministry of Agriculture through the Directorate General of Facilities and Infrastructure has issued a letter regarding the submission of the Ministry of Agriculture Number: 51/KPTSP/RC.210/B/09/2024.

In the ministry's letter, he said again, the allocation of NPK type subsidy fertilizers for the Bengkulu Provincial Government in 2024 increased from 37,496 tons to 42,495 tons.