Supporting Stunting Reduction, The Acting Governor of Bali Mahendra Jaya Encourages Inpari Nutri Zinc Rice Planting
- 15 Maret 2024
- 21:03 WITA
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TABANAN, Balitopnews.com - The Acting of Governor of Bali S.M. Mahendra Jaya welcomed the first harvest of the Inpari Nutri Zinc rice variety, which is not only expected to be able to improve the welfare of farmers but also be able to play an important role in efforts to deal with stunting, especially in Bali Province. "I am very happy on this occasion, it is extraordinary with the first harvest of Inpari Nutri Zinc Rice which has many advantages and is known to be rich in nutrition," said Acting. Governor on the sidelines of the Rice Harvest Movement procession in Subak Gadon I, Pandak Gede Village, Kediri District, Tabanan, on Friday (March 15 2024)
The Acting governor said that this rice variety should be more widely disseminated to the public, especially farmers in Bali. Because it has advantages compared to other varieties, such as it can be harvested at ± 115 days, the texture of the rice is fluffier with an amylose content of 16.60%, and the potential yield can reach 9-10 tonnes/hectare. “The zinc content in Inpari Nutri Zinc rice reaches 34.5 ppm. "Zinc plays an important role in the reproductive system, immune system for pregnant women and toddler health, so it can help deal with stunting," he said.
"This is important because handling stunting is a direct mandate from the President and is a priority for the Provincial and Regency Governments, even though currently
the stunting rate in Bali is the lowest nationally,"
he added.
He also said that with a planting age of 115 days and a grain breakage rate of less than 5 percent, farmers can also get direct benefits and benefits from cultivating Inpari Nutri Zinc rice. "This certainly benefits farmers. And we know that rice is an important and strategic commodity. "If Balinese or Indonesian people haven't eaten rice, they haven't tasted the taste," Mahendra Jaya said. "In the future, the government wants the price of rice to be affordable. "We want farmers to smile and people can also buy rice," he added.
Regarding that The Acting Governor also said that Bali Province has currently achieved the best title in the 2023 Food Security Index (IKP) achievements held by the National Food Agency (Bapanas). “Astungkara. "We will have the highest IKP in 2023 and our score will even increase from 85 to 87.65 percent. Applause for our extraordinary farmers with support too, gatherings from many parties," he said. "However, don't be careless. "Because the population of Bali, although only 4.3 people, food consumption in Bali can be 5-6 times greater than that of immigrants and tourists," he added.
Meanwhile Pekaseh Subak Gadon 1 Pandak Gede, Gede Made Budi Artawan, revealed that at Inpari Nutri Zinc, whose seeds were assisted by the Bali Province Agriculture and Food Security Service, had been planted on 77 hectares of land out of a total of 140 hectares managed by 341 farmers in the local Subak group. . "Thank you very much for the help of seeds which really helped us, and it is amazing that the harvest results are far above average. Usually (other rice, ed) a maximum of 8.5 tons per hectare. "Now there are even 11.5 tons per hectare," Budi Artawan said. Apart from this, Budi Artawan also said that he and the local subak group hope that the government will continue to pay attention to farmers, especially regarding irrigation system problems, which have recently begun to show signs of silting and leaks here and there. In the Inpari Nutri Zinc Rice Harvest Movement, The Acting. Governor Mahendra Jaya had the opportunity to symbolically cut rice that was ready to harvest along with a number of other guests. Acting The governor also directly tried out the agricultural machine (Alsintan) combine harvester which, apart from being a harvesting tool, is also capable of plowing fields and threshing rice, with a cutting speed that is 50 percent more efficient than manual workers. Also seen on this occasion was the Head of Bank Indonesia Representative for Bali Province, Erwin Soeriadimadja, the Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Bali Province Dewa Made Indra, Assistant II for Economy and Development for the Tabanan Regency Government A.A. Dalem Trisna Ngurah, Head of the Bali Agricultural Instrument Standard Implementation Center I Made Rai Yasa, (Rls/Btnc)
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