Land Bank Offers Land Assets An Area Of 33,115.6 Ha For 3 Million Houses And Food Self-Sufficiency

Blank Land (Photo: Antara)

The Land Bank Agency said that its current land assets could be used for the program of three million houses and food self-sufficiency. The assets are 33,115.6 hectares.

Head of the Land Bank Agency Parman Natamatmadja said the largest land owned by Bank Tanah that can be used for food self-sufficiency is in Lembah Napu, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, and Kalimantan.

"The biggest ones, of course, are in Poso, the second is Kalimantan which will be used for food security or food self-sufficiency. We can now be in Bangka Belitung, the former Tin mining area, later look for what plants are the most suitable," said Parman quoting Antara.

In the Penajam Paser Utara (PPU) area, East Kalimantan, there is an area of 1,873 hectares that can be used for food security. According to him, later the people of the area will be given education and technical competencies related to agriculture.

These lands can be planted with cassava, cavendis bananas and other food crops. Bank Tanah partners will also be invited to become off takers or buyers of agricultural products from residents.

In terms of housing, said Parman, Bank Tanah still has land spread across several points in Indonesia, such as in Tanjung Balai Asahan, Tapanuli, North Sumatra, Purwakarta, West Java and Penajam Passer Utara (PPU), East Kalimantan.

Furthermore, Bank Tanah is always ready if asked to facilitate land provision.

However, Parman said that housing development for low-income people (MBR) needs to see the number of people interested in living in the area.

"On the PPU land when 2022 I went there, there were no residents who lived there, but when the airport was built, I immediately claimed a lot. PPU has become an attractive and beautiful land for investment," said Parman.

Meanwhile, Deputy for Land Utilization and Business Cooperation Hakiki Sudrajat said that several existing agrarian reform points were considered appropriate to be used to support two government priority programs.

"If you look at the existing reform points, you can actually support housing and self-sufficiency," said Hakiki.

Hakiki explained, in the Poso area there are 1,500 hectares of land that can be used for agrarian reform. Some of the things that have been planned are for food planting such as rice, corn and tubers.

He said that Bank Tanah had also prepared land in two locations, namely Poso and PPU, which would be used for industrial areas.

According to him, the industry is not on a large scale, but can support the Free Nutrition Food (MBG) program.

"It's not a big industry, but indeed small industries, such as milk, here with the final product industry. So, the fitting process, to the city, hopefully this March plan will be finalized with a scheme that can be used by the basis of the agreement," said Hakiki.