Food Estate Development In Kapuas, Central Kalimantan Continues

Archives Photo - Head of the Kapuas Yaya Regency Agriculture Service harvests rice at one of the farms in Kuala Kapuas. (ANTARA/HO-Diskominfo Kapuas)

KUALA KAPUAS - Kapuas Regency Government, Central Kalimantan, said the development of food barns orfood estates in the local area this year is still ongoing today.

Thefood estate area in the local area includes 11 sub-districts with a rice planting area this year reaching more than 58,000 hectares.

"If the target for the planting area is more than 77 thousand hectares, 58,000 hectares or more or 75.6 percent will be realized," said Head of the Plant Division of the Kapuas Agriculture Service, Edi Dese, as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, August 26.

According to him, from the area of the plant, which was successfully harvested until August 2023, around 80 percent with a productivity of 3 to 3.5 tons per hectare.

"Meanwhile, the harvest until August is 139,615 tons GKG," he said.

Especially in Badminton District, from the target of planting area of 1,245 hectares, 690 hectares or 55.41 percent were realized. With the harvest area to date, it is around 500 hectares and the harvest is approximately 900 tons.

Edi explained that thefood estate program in the local district itself started in 2020 with an intensification activity of 20 thousand hectares spread across 11 sub-districts.

"Intensification is an activity carried out on existing land. This means that land that is usually planted by farmers," he said.

Then the food estate intensification activity will continue in 2021 covering an area of 13 thousand hectares and 2022 covering an area of 502 hectares.

"So the total food estate intensification activity in Kapuas Regency is 33,500 hectares spread over 11 sub-districts," he explained.

Currently, he continued, a team from the Ministry of Agriculture is monitoring and evaluating the implementation of afood estate in the local area. It is hoped that the implementation of the program can run well and continue to develop in accordance with the expectations of the community and farmers in Kapuas.