Magelang Usung Gate Kayang Brings Sustainable Program Mission

Magelang Regent Zaenal Arifin. (Photo: Special)

JAKARTA - PT Surveyor Indonesia (SI) in collaboration with Bappenas (National Development Planning Agency), Association of Indonesian Regency Governments (APKASI) and the Regional Autonomy Implementation Monitoring Committee (KPPOD) conducted a judging in 10 Regencies that passed the I-SIM For Regency program.

I-SIM for Regencies is an initiative program with a rating & awarding scheme to increase the integration and collaboration of multi-stakeholders of the Indonesian SDGs ecosystem at the Regency level.

One of the participants, presented his presentation in front of the judges, namely Magelang Regent Zaenal Arifin. Regent Zaenal said that his party carried the 'Greet Movement' program, namely the Magelang Joint Movement for Environmental Sustainability and Food Provision.

Currently, the world is experiencing a crisis in the provision of food and water due to climate change, such as global warming.

"This problem does not only occur in the world. But, also in Indonesia. In fact, we really feel how hot the phenomenon is from El Nino," said Zaenal, in Jakarta, Monday, October 30.

Therefore, this climate change must be anticipated and taken seriously, not only by the Government, but also by individual communities.

Through the Kayangan Gate program, he said, his party wants to ensure harmony in adaptation, climate change mitigation and saving the environment to maintain economic sustainability and food adequacy in the future.

"Therefore, we need to continue to empower the community, that preserving nature is also the responsibility of all of us," he said.

In addition, collaboration also needs to be established, both with the Government, Higher Education (PT), NGOs, Business Actors, including Mass Media. He emphasized that the Kayangan Gate program has many advantages that the public can enjoy.

This is because this program is able to become a pioneer in the proclim sub-district, especially in Sawangan sub-district. Then, the inclusive proclim in Sriwedari village, Salaman sub-district. In fact, this program also creates an organic rice area, the largest in Indonesia with an area of 2,000 hectares (Ha).

Not only that, the advantage of this program can also be seen from the existence of proclim planning at the village level, such as the RPJMdes (Intermediate-Term Development Plan) in Sambak village, Kajoran District. Also, supported by innovative programs such as Jogo Tuk, Sister Village and independent energy villages.

"Of course, monitoring and evaluation will continue to be carried out, providing assistance, conducting field verification, to monitoring the flow of springs every year carried out by DLH (Environmental Service)," he said.

He added that the Kayang Gate program also has a sustainable purpose to support the Goals SDGs, including ensuring the availability and management of clean water, as well as sanitation.

In addition, as an action to reduce the impact of climate change, ensure sustainable food production and consumption patterns. Including, supporting the Dasa Cita Regent related to agricultural development, tourism and MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises), to protecting the environment.

"We have also realized this sub-district proclim in Kajoran and Ngablak, then made a declaration from Magelang Regency to Proklim Regency, as well as organic rice food security in Dukun, Grabang and Bandongan sub-districts," he said.

That way, the Kayangan Gate program has a positive impact on the environment, social and economic.

He gave an example, the impact of this program on the environment includes maintaining or increasing water discharge, mitigating disasters, whether landslides, floods, or forest fires, and increasing soil fertility.

Meanwhile, the impact of this program on social affairs is community empowerment to preserve nature, resolve social conflicts related to the use of water and environmental degradation.

"We also strengthen the role of farmers for organic rice farming and the availability of healthy and safe food," he said.

Meanwhile, the impact of this program on the economy is to realize energy independence, the implementation of low-emission agriculture, with organic agriculture.

"This will also have a positive impact on increasing farmers' income and developing ecotourism based on sustainable society," he concluded.