Tuesday, 01 December 2020
Adan Krayan rice must be protected
Samarinda, 7/19/12. superior rice originating from the northernmost region of East Kalimantan, Krayan, is a border area with the country 
Malaysian neighbors are in the district area Nunukan, East Kalimantan Province must receive special attention from the government and be protected by its existence.
This was revealed by Professor Riyanto, one of the expert teams from the East Kalimantan Food Estate when attending a meeting with the Research Team from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia in the East Kalimantan Bappeda Propeda Meeting Room, Jl. Kusuma Bangsa Samarinda was attended by participants of approximately fifty meetings from various related SKPDs within the East Kalimantan Provincial Government and the Regency Government in the East Kalimantan border area.
Special Discussion of Agricultural Featured Potential in the East Kalimantan Border Region received very good appreciation from the participants who attended led directly by the Head of East Kalimantan Bappeda, Dr.Ir.H. Rusmadi.MS who at the time of chairing the meeting used the Batik Braken Bagu, and was accompanied by the Risit Dector of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia, Prof. Husein Sawit who was accompanied by Prof. Suwandi and from the East Kalimantan Agricultural Research and Development Agency.
Researchers from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia have long conducted surveys and research in the border area and even surveys to Sabah Malaysia to find various data on the potential and agricultural products in the East Kalimantan border area, which is mostly marketed in a good neighboring country Malaysia and Bruneai Darussalam.
This was conveyed by Prof. Decianto, one of the research teams from the Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia who attended the meeting, even the opinion of the East Kalimantan Provincial Agriculture Office that the Kakau Plantation in the East Kalimantan Sebatik area which initially had an area of approximately 11 thousand - 20 thousand hectares and the latest data in 2012 was reduced It is very drastic to only be approximately 3,200 hectares of the impact of the existence of oil palm plantations being denied on the grounds that the Kakau plantation that has been a superior community from the Sebatik Island region is an old area that has been managed and close With community villages, while oil palm plantations are new land clearing, so it does not affect much of the cocoa plantation land, if the land is reduced it is impossible to experience a large and significant reduction. Said Prof. Decianto. (Public Relations Bappeda Kaltim/Sukandar, S. Sos).
