Regent Mambor : Residents take advantage land yard for resilience food

Government Regency Bay Wondama , West Papua, invites communities in the region to take advantage good land yard nor land sleep for planted plant agriculture in support resilience food and improvement economy family .

Regent Bay Wondama Hendrik Mambor in Wasior said Thursday since sworn in in 2021, himself with Deputy Mayor Andarias Kayukatuy Keep going push Public local could utilise land yard and land sleep for development commodity agriculture .

Mambor confess no easy change pattern think Public Wondam , especially inhabitant local because already used to hang life from what is provided nature .

"Then from that assistance and coaching must Keep going done for society can switch from habit consumptive with depending on what is provided natural Becomes productive and independent society , " he said .

He hope to front Public original Wondama no only Becomes capable farmers and fishermen _ produce but also be market players .

" Indeed change that mindset no easy but must our start . Generation now must change pattern thought , fishing must so money aside for eat . Plant in the yard must so money aside for eat . We must do it . our society must until go there. kindly slowly farmer Wondama should too Becomes market players ," he said ex- Head Bappeda Bay Wondama it .

recently _ Regent Mambor together Vice Regent Andarias Kayukatuy and ranks Forkopimda local To do harvest prime corn type bisi II in Webi Village , District Rasiei .

Harvested corn _ that is results creation farmer local village of Webi alone ie Hyrcanus Get on the land area of 0.3 hectares .

Hyrcanus is one _ of the 800 farmer families in Wondama included in flagship program participants sector agriculture 2022 that is enhancement diversification and resilience food society .

Activity main from the programme is utilization yard and land effort corn .

As a result , from 0.3 hectare land , based on calculation obtained by the Department of Agriculture and Food results production corn dry intact as much as 1,842 tons. As for loose dry estimated as much as 1.455 tons.

Regent Mambor appreciate success Hyrcanus in produce corn in the field hers that and hope Thing that could spur other farmers to _ To do Thing similar .

As for goals from the flagship program sector agriculture 2022 ie increase income Public in framework alleviation poverty extreme .

Head of the Gulf Agriculture and Food Crops Service Wondama Korneles Paduai say of 180 hectares land effort corn managed by 800 farmer families in 2012 this , his side target at least 76 hectares can reach production maximum .

From area that's the production target corn expected dry _ at least 150 tonnes. "If you see results from garden father Hyrcanus Come on then we are sure in two year to front poverty extreme in the District Bay Wondama can our abolish it," said Paduai .

As information , Govt Bay Wondama through the annual budget budget 2022 allocates budget of IDR 8 billion for improvement programs diversification and resilience food Public through development maize and cultivation vegetables involving 800 farmer families .

Budget that among others for help incentive for farmer Rp. 6 million per family, also for opening land , procurement seeds , fertilizers are also tools agriculture other .

SOURCE : https://papuabarat.antaranews.com/berita/23173/bupati-mambor-warga-untungkan-lahan-pekarangan-untuk-ketahanan-pangan