PUPR Ministry supporting food estate development in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Rice
Cassava
Indonesia
Published Mar 26, 2022
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Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has continued to support the development of the food estate program in Central Kalimantan Province, which is expected to become a new food barn outside Java Island. PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said that water management is important to ensure good water flow in reducing acidity levels in swamps.
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Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has continued to support the development of the food estate program in Central Kalimantan Province, which is expected to become a new food barn outside Java Island. PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said that water management is important to ensure good water flow in reducing acidity levels in swamps. "The key is the availability of water for irrigation, followed by agricultural technology," he noted in a written statement received here on Friday. The ministry's support covers water resources infrastructure in the form of rehabilitation and improvement of irrigation networks, which has been carried out in stages from September 2020. There are two food estate developments in Central Kalimantan, namely for rice plants on alluvial land covering an area of 165 thousand hectares (ha), which is an Ex-Peatland Development (PLG) land under the Ministry of Agriculture, and cassava plants covering an ...
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