imageThe empty field behind Harapan Bangsa Lhoong Raya Stadium covering an area of 10 hectares was transformed into a sub optimum biotech botanical demonstration plot (demplot) for food and energy independence. In the horticultural clusters, exhibited crops ready for harvest such as chili, eggplant, tomatoes, melons, vegetables, coffee, bananas, and watermelons. In this sample area the committee builds participants' information points, research centers, agricultural facilities, field practice, and resort gazebos.
Shifting westward about 200 meters walking distance KTNA participants will see the National Farm Expo. There is a large breed of Brahma cattle from Australia belonging to Faisal breeders from the Rural Self Employment Training Center (P4S) Wareeh Banda Aceh weighing up to 930 Kilograms. Continuing the exhibition area of cattle visitors can see Simeulue male bulls and boerka goats that have good quality meat.
East Kutai Regent Expert Staff (Kutim) Jumairilsyah development field during a working visit in the area of technology titles revealed in accordance with the direction of the Regent of Ismunandar in the mission of focus and thoroughly, managing agriculture do not half. Kutim still lacks soybeans and corn. For that there needs to be a focus can produce this plant. The need for an adequate price-management system in keeping the food chain is not a problem.
"KTNA Kutim in this case can think in every district have effective system to support agribusiness, for example how rice field area do not become transfer function can threaten the continuity of food self-sufficiency Increase insight and absorption of knowledge our farmers can absorb useful information learn newest agriculture technology imitate exhibition at Aceh, capital and marketing support is also a special concern, "he said.
Saefudin, a farmer from Rantau Pulung subdistrict tells the story of land management with the support of agricultural technology. They used the mulch function technique which means food crops use ground cover as a solution to increase cultivated plant productivity. Mulch a layer of material that farmers intentionally apply to the soil surface, in saving or a solution to reduce maintenance costs and obtain maximum yields.
"It is very good to apply mulch and the selection of superior seedlings is satisfactory, Kutim has long been using mulch but there is still a shortage of supply of high value seeds is still difficult to find this is the homework of farmers and KTNA Kutim On the other hand the latest agricultural technology can be adopted, said horticultural farmers who have been testing farming activities for 20 years.