PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA – In order to promote welfare and agricultural diversification, a campaign has been initiated to encourage others to consider planting paddy gogo during replanting programs. This campaign aims not only to extend invitations but also to provide tangible examples and evidence of success with this method.
Initially, testing the planting of paddy gogo is required, which should be coordinated with relevant agencies such as local agriculture and food security authorities.
Kacuk Sumarto, Chairman of Rumah Sawit Indonesia (RSI), emphasized the importance of involving local authorities to ensure that the methods and techniques employed align with good agricultural standards. Securing support from the regent is crucial to establish the legality and success of the program within the region.
“It needs to get test of planting paddy gogo (in palm oil plantation in replanting program), get coordination with local instances (agriculture and food security agencies), and of course, it needs the supports from the regent,” he said to Palmoilmagazine.com in an interview recently.
Kacuk also mentioned that the campaign should involve many others to be distributing (superior) seeds, other production infrastructure providers, off taker in the first place to confirm that there would be parties to get paddy gogo production. “Coordination would guarantee the good flow of every process, since the planting to the distribution of harvest,” Kacuk said.
Meanwhile the smallholders’ plantations should get partnership with the companies, as developers. The developers would be important to technically develop the smallholders in management and they would cultivate more effectively and efficiently.
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“It is hoped the development would escalate the smallholders’ capacity in skills and knowledge about planting paddy gogo,” he said.
To get long term – success, partnership with the governments both the central and regional, would be a must to formulate regulation in supporting the intercrops.
“Having partnership with the governments would be about to formulate intercrops to deliver advantages for every actor in national scale, and maintain the sustainability of the main plant,” Kacuk said. (T2)
