Ganjar Pranowo Opened A Subsidized Pupuk Service Post In 35 Regencies/cities Of Central Java

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo (left) talked with shallot farmers in Brebes Regency/.ANTARA

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo opened a subsidized fertilizer service post spread across 35 regencies/cities as a form of supervision so that the distribution is right on target as well as an effort to realize food security. "We have opened this subsidized fertilizer service post to minimize the problem of fertilizer experienced by farmers, especially in terms of distribution," said Ganjar Pranowo in Semarang, Antara, Tuesday, November 8. He said that the number of subsidy fertilizers is currently limited, so he continues to communicate with the Ministry of Agriculture in order to increase the shortage. "So in a position that is lacking, it should be distributed to all prospective recipients, the data should be really accurate," he said. The number one person in Central Java invites all components to work together to integrate data so that price differences that become potential for illegal buying and selling can be minimized. Meanwhile, Ganjar implemented a Farmer Card policy to accommodate farmers whose rice fields are two hectares down and are entitled to receive subsidized fertilizers. "Well, if they rent one hectare, half a hectare of land, then it is collected into one so that it has twenty hectares of land, one unit or one name there can access fertilizer, but it is actually not entitled to receive subsidy fertilizer," he said. Ganjar hopes that all components can support the addition of subsidized fertilizer allocation so that its use for farmer productivity can be felt. "But if not, we have to make a semi-organic movement. If then there are others that are organic, we must give the rest incentives to be controlled," he said. On the other hand, Ganjar appealed to extension workers and related parties to improve farmer data so that later the distribution process will run well. "Our evaluation turned out that when we prepared a definitive plan for the group's needs, it was not precision, so I asked my fellow extension workers to help better, the system was built better so that distribution would also be better," he said. The governor uploaded a photo with a statement from the Subsidized Pupuk Service Post consisting of ten slides containing complaint post numbers in 35 districts/cities, including posts from the Central Java Provincial Government. The total allocation for the five types of fertilizers subsidized by the government in 2022 for Central Java is 1,567,336.50 tons, an increase of 10.04 percent from 2021 of 1,424,340.50 tons with details of Urea fertilizers of 723,606 tons, SP-36 as many as 87,353 tons, ZA as many as 139,473 tons, NPK as many as 386,716 tons, and Organic 230,189 tons.