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The Raperta Farmers Group carried out their first planting in Batu Gadang Village, Lubuk Kilangan District, Padang City, Tuesday (11/6/2024). BETWEEN/Muhammad Zulfikar.

SUMBAR - Class II BMKG Climatology Station West Sumatra Province (West Sumatra) said the Climate Lapang School is an adaptation solution to climate change to reduce the adverse effects caused, especially in the agricultural sector.

"We do this Climate Lapang school in rotation to help farmers, especially facing the impact of climate change," said Head of Class II Climatology Station of West Sumatra Province Heron Tarigan in Padang, Tuesday, June 11, as reported by Antara.

Especially in Minang Field, Class II Climatology Station has run Climate Lapang Schools in several locations including Solok Regency, Limapuluh Kota Regency, Padang Pariaman Regency, Payakumbuh City, and Padang City.

Entering the transition period, BMKG appealed to farmers to be wiser by understanding the climate and weather through the existence of the Climate Lapang School.

The steps that farmers can take are to store rainwater supplies to a place such as reservoirs and the like. So that during the dry season farmers have no trouble finding water sources.

BMKG predicts that the dry season in West Sumatra Province will occur on the basis of June 1, 2024 with a peak of July 2024. However, in that period not all areas were affected by drought.

Meanwhile, Head of the UPTD Center for Food Crop Protection and Horticulture (BPTPH) of the West Sumatra Province Food Crops and Horticulture Plantation Service, Afnely, said that the Climate Lapang School is a strategy to accelerate and improve understanding of weather and climate at the farmer level.

Climate Lapang Schools are not only important to provide an understanding of the climate based on module learning, but can also be used to guard agriculture during one planting season, especially rice commodities.

"So, the Climate Lapang School is a solution for adapting climate change in the agricultural sector to reduce the adverse effects of climate change," he said.