Tuesday, 01 December 2020
East Kalimantan Governor Plans to Plant Corn
Tanah Paser, Tuesday 8/11/2016. Governor of East Kalimantan, Dr.H. Awang Faroek Ishak plans to plant .JPG)
maize in Petangis village, Batu Engau District, Paser Regency with the Regent of Paser, Yusriansyah.
Declaration of corn planting throughout East Kalimantan covering an area of 6,500 hectares (ha) using pure financing from the 2016 APBN and revised APBN covering an area of 5,000 ha, bringing the total to 11,500 ha. Specifically, land for the corn planting movement in Paser Regency was allocated an area of 1,000 ha and in Batu Engau District an area of 800 ha, the remaining 200 ha were spread across several sub-districts in Paser Regency.
Implementation of corn planting activities in Petangis Village, Batu Engau District, Paser Regency by the Governor of East Kalimantan during the working visit of the Governor of East Kalimantan with his entourage including the Head of Bappeda of East Kalimantan Province, Dr. Ir. H. Zairin Zain, M.Si to the southern region which began with a working visit to Balikpapan City in coordination with the VI Mulawarman Regional Military Command, followed by a working visit to see directly via ship the construction of the Balang Island Bridge, then continued the journey to Paser Regency.
In his speech, the Governor of East Kalimantan stated that he believes that food crop farming activities will be able to improve the standard of living of the community while reducing East Kalimantan's dependence on other regions to meet regional food commodity needs, including commodities corn because East Kalimantan's land potential is very large and Paser Regency is expected to be able to become the food center of East Kalimantan apart from several other districts which contribute to East Kalimantan's food.
H. Awang Faroek hopes that if the corn planting movement in East Kalimantan is carried out well, even though only 80 percent are producing, then East Kalimantan will be able to meet needs which can reach 156 percent.
If this activity is carried out well, even though only 80 percent is producing, then East Kalimantan will be able to meet 156 percent of its needs. Based on existing data in 2015, East Kalimantan has produced corn production of around 9,000 tons from the requirement of 16,000 tons or a shortage of 8,000 tons.
At the event, the Governor of East Kalimantan also handed over corn seeds to farmers and 3 units of 4-wheeled tractors for special land processing for corn, 30 units of combine hanvesters, 13 units of corn threshers, 77 units of 2-wheeled tractors, 14 units of rice planting equipment and 13 units of water pumps.
Meanwhile at the previous friendly event with the Regent of Paser at the Hall of the Regent of Paser, Tanah Paser (7/11/2016) the Governor of East Kalimantan also handed over 50 housing units for Remote Indigenous Communities in Paser Regency, the delivery of planned social assistance for veterans, widows of veterans and for people with disabilities was witnessed by the Regent of Paser Yusriansyah together with officials from the East Kalimantan Provincial Government and the Government Paser Regency. (Public Relations of Bappeda of East Kalimantan Province/Sukandar, S.Sos).
