Indonesia: Collaborating with Balitsereal, Sinjai determined to be a corn seed center

TABLOIDSINARTANI.COM, Sinjai---The efforts of the Sinjai Regency Government to make Sinjai a center for developing hybrid corn varieties have paid off. By cooperating with the Cereal Crops Research Institute (Balitcereal) Maros, the corn production developed in Kalobba Village, Tellulimpoe District has increased considerably. Head of Balitsereal Maros, Dr. Mohammad Azrai, said that for one hectare of hybrid corn varieties planted in Sinjai, it is capable of producing 4,000 kilograms (kg) or 4 tons of prospective seeds, including the quality. The success of this captivity is none other than thanks to the technological touch efforts carried out by Balitsereal following up on the collaboration carried out with the Sinjai Regency Government. "Alhamdulillah, with a little touch of technology, such as spacing and how to fertilize it, it can increase 2 times compared to what farmers usually do," he said. Azrai added that the advantage of developing hybrid corn varieties is that the ...