SENTANI - The Papua Province Food Crops and Horticulture Protection Center (BPTPH) said Keerom and Jayapura districts were prepared to become rice-producing areas in the province.
Head of BPTPH Papua Frans Reimas explained the prospects for agriculture in Keerom and Jayapura.
However, in some locations, food crop farming in Keerom Regency is still carried out with a traditional system. "So the productivity level is still low," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 4.
According to Frans, the developing agricultural land area in Keerom is located in transmigration areas such as the Arso District and the Skanto District.
"Food and horticultural cultivation (in the district) has been carried out more intensively and has implemented modern cultivation technology," he said.
He explained that the food crop and horticultural agricultural sub-sectors were able to contribute to the economy of the agricultural and economic sectors in the district.
"The area of land use for food crops in Keerom Regency reaches 2,227 hectares and horticultural plants with an area of 1,864 hectares," he said.
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For Jayapura Regency, he explained, it has a large enough potential for land resources for agriculture, especially rice fields. The land area is 1,273 hectares according to the results of analysis and agricultural commodity areas based on the agroecology zone.
"To meet the rice production target, the Jayapura Regency Government will produce new rice fields to support the government's program," he said. Meanwhile, BPTPH Papua conducts an analysis of the suitability of land to record the appropriate land and can be developed for rice fields.
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