BULUNGAN Deputy Governor (Deputy Governor) of North Kalimantan (Kaltara) Ingkong Ala together with Bulungan Regent, Syarwani, carried out a Gogo rice harvest at the Pejalin Village Plantation Land, Tanjung Palas District, Bulungan Regency.

Deputy Governor Ingkong Ala said that his party appreciated and thanked Pejalin Village farmers for maintaining local seed products in Bulungan.

"Our efforts today in developing the cultivation of gogo rice on plantations are adaptive and innovative steps in responding to the challenges of the times," said Deputy Governor Ingkong, Thursday, April 10.

Ingkong Ala said that the gogo rice was quite successful in being planted in the agricultural area of Pejalin village. Moreover, the gogo rice is so tolerant of dry land that it has great potential to be developed in the Kaltara region.

"This padi is a staple food source, most of the Indonesian people, including Kaltara, the importance of increasing rice production which must continue to be pursued in order to meet people's food needs," he said.

The Deputy Governor hopes that the Bulungan Regency Government (Pemkab) can expand land and plantations in the future, so that the Provincial Government (Pemprov) of Kaltara and the Ministry of Agriculture can provide assistance.

"The provincial government is committed to providing full support for the achievement of food self-sufficiency in Kaltara, by maximizing the potential of each plantation land, both palm oil and dry land, by providing agricultural infrastructure assistance," said Ingkong.

"I hope the form of support provided by the local government and the agriculture ministry can be a motivation for farmers to continue to strive to achieve good and optimal targets, because agriculture is a fundamental source of regional prosperity," he concluded.

His party also handed over agricultural facilities and infrastructure to the farmer group Bintang Kakao Pejalin.


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