Agriculture News

Agricultural Land Drought  Increasingly Worried - Director of the Ministry of Agriculture Food Crop Protection Erna Budiyanto admitted, compared to the year 2010 and extensive rice fields that experience drought in 2011 was much broader. "It is feared this could disrupt the production of rice in the country," he said yesterday.

Land area of drought during the January-July 2011 reached 84 365 hectares of crop failure and the other in 1589. This number increased sharply compared to 2010 due to the same period of 8373 only to experience drought and 1655 who experienced crop failure.

Erna national rice production is believed to be susceptible to interference with the extent of land that is experiencing drought. Moreover, fields that experience drought it has great potential crop failures.

Recognized Erna, the Coordinating Ministry for Economic reportedly plans to spend aid to help cope with this drought. Some local governments will get help in the form of a pump to help farmers irrigate their fields.

Provision is recognized very precise pump in helping farmers. For the BMKG predict El Nino phenomenon will occur throughout the year. This means that in addition to providing accelerated development of the reservoir pump is also very necessary.

"The government certainly need to consider this issue seriously. Because drought also often lead to conflicts between farmers who fight over irrigation water allocation. "

Marsh Farm Experiencing Setbacks - Directorate General of Water Resources Ministry of Public Works to inform you that the utilization of wetlands has not reached the target, and even tended to retreat. In fact, agriculture is expected to support the swamp national food production.

"The potential of wetlands to reach 3 million hectares. We have opened 1.8 million acres, but are now effectively living 800,000 hectares. Generally occurs over the function at the request of the community," said Director General of Water Resources Ministry of Public Works Amron Moch, Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in Jakarta.

Amron is said, over the function occurs because of low productivity, only 2 tons per hectare. It had been so, within a year there is only one time investment. Compare with three times the rice planting in the conventional.

"It takes considerable funds if you want to wake up the doors to wake the system of agricultural water is good," said Amron. Ministry of Agriculture estimates that there are actually 9.5 million hectares of swamp land in 11 provinces.

In Indonesia, two provinces that are already developed wetlands of South Sumatra and West Kalimantan. The best farmland is in the swamp Upang Muara, Muara Sungai Musi, South Sumatra.

Agricultural Land Conversion Moratorium - The Indonesian government sees the need to do a moratorium on conversion of land to prevent the shrinkage rate of agricultural land due to land conversion from agricultural to non agricultural land.

Moratorium on land conversion are supported regulation undertaken to support the expansion or intensification of agricultural land through the printing patterns of new rice fields.

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa said that after opening a retreat about Increased Rice Production, Monday, September 19, 2011 in Jakarta.

Hatta said the land use issues of concern. There is a recommendation that the President issued Presidential Regulation of Agricultural Land Conversion Moratorium matter. This was done as the government attempts to do the printing of new wetland.

Based on Compass records, to control the pace of land conversion, made ​​the Law No. 41/2009 on the Protection of Agricultural Land Sustainable Food. This law was made following a conversion rate of 100,000 hectares of land that is spent each year land.

Hatta said that, in this retreat all the heads are ready to increase rice production areas, provided there is financial support. And Hatta saw it as a reasonable.

Modern Farming Systems in Taiwan - One-hectare rice field, it only takes three hours to plant rice, if using a rice planting machine like the one in Taiwan. By cropping it certainly can save labor, time and lucrative crop is satisfactory. Per acre can produce 12 tons of grain.

Modern farming systems in Taiwan, it seems to appeal to the Head IETO Taipei.Sehingga though have to travel about 3 hours between Taipei Changhua, father of two sons keep the spirit to follow the direction of engineering consultants Chang Kuo-An during a visit to the farmers Taiwan some time ago .

In his presentation Mr. Chang explains, if agriculture in Taiwan grow rice system is very much with the existing system in Indonesia Indonesia.Jika farmers from seed in seedling nursery dihamparan. After the seedbed to grow takes approximately 15 days before rice seedlings in the pull (in daut) from the nurseries. After that the new rice planted on land. In one hectare of planting this way takes a week and requires a workforce of about four or five people.

According to Mr. Chang, if the cropping systems as farmers in Indonesia are explained above, there are certainly some shortcomings. Among them, rice seeds have been grown in the media for seedlings, then the pull back then planted in paddy fields, would be less good results. Since rice is the pull will be stressed and takes a week to recover. Its mother had grown, new anakannya grow for another week. Next pull the seedlings in the roots will be left in the seedbed can roughly 40 percent. So there hilang.Hal 40 percent of seeds that will certainly affect the outcome of production.

But if you use farm-style system of Taiwan, the rice seedlings in nursery pots in a rectangular container with a height of 2 cm. Growing media using a mixture of soil humus, red brick that has been in the puree and the chaff. Gunakanya to save ground and give seedlings respiratory pores. Furthermore, a mixture of rice and fertilizer in the media over tanam.Hanya Seeding takes nine days the seeds can be planted rice was above the wetland.

Planting method using this planting machine takes only three hours per hectare. Using this planting machine, in addition to more efficient time and labor also makes a neat plant, because the automatic machine has been separated misah seeds with the same amount and in the same line pula.Dengan using this system, will shorten the process though, planting and picking. Ranging from nursery to harvest the farmer would feel if the system will be more profitable.

Technological advantage of Taiwan agriculture, because agriculture is supported by the machine that the whole process does not absorb much manpower. As seen at the site, if there are two rooms that contained pompainer machine. A special chamber for mixing the soil grain and fertilizers, as well as a space again as a place of Mr bibit.MenuruT printing. Chan if pompainer machine serves to maintain the quality of seeds in tanam.Sementara these machines capable of producing about 3000 dapot seed production per hour.

Suhartono in his visit also had to run the engine padi.Menurutnya planting machine easy to administer, and if farmers Indonesia using this machine, it is hoped Indonesia would become the country a surplus of food. Given the land in Indonesia is still quite widespread while not utilized properly. "If Indonesia adopts agricultural system like this, maybe the story about the import of rice there's no story anymore. Especially for farmers, which would benefit because the crop could be three times a year due to their short waktu.Selain that young workers, who may be embarrassed to work in the fields and select overseas will also be reduced. Since using the system of modern agriculture will result in getting memuaskan.maka why should exit the country? "He said.

The same thing also expressed Chang Kuo-An, if Indonesia is now using modern technology in agriculture, because if it is not going to miss with farmers from other countries. That because the lag is ultimately absurd, if an agricultural country to import rice to meet food needs of its citizens.