Anticipating Drought, Farmers Accelerate Planting Season Acceleration of planting is done to achieve production targets. Rep: Lilis Sri Handayani / Red: Satria K Yudha

Published Apr 24, 2025

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Farmers in Indramayu Regency, Indonesia, are starting the 2025 gadu planting season earlier to increase rice production and prevent drought in the upcoming dry season. This accelerated planting is being done in 14 provinces across Indonesia, including in Indramayu Regency, where 11 thousand hectares of land is being used. The goal is to meet production targets for food self-sufficiency and improve farmers' welfare. The planting is being done using transplanter machines and drones for spraying.

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, INDRAMAYU – Farmers in Indramayu Regency have started accelerating the 2025 gadu planting season. Accelerated planting is carried out to increase rice production and anticipate the threat of drought in the upcoming dry season. Accelerated rice planting was carried out simultaneously in 14 other provinces in Indonesia, Wednesday (23/4/2025). The simultaneous accelerated planting was also attended by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman in Ogan Ilir Regency, South Sumatra Province. In Indramayu Regency, simultaneous planting was carried out on rain-fed land in Tanjungkerta Village, Kroya District. Deputy Regent of Indramayu, Syaefudin, explained that accelerated rice planting in Indramayu Regency was carried out on 11 thousand hectares of land. The land had previously carried out an early harvest, especially in the southern area of Indramayu Regency. "This April there is still rain, so we are accelerating planting, ...

Source: Republika