Thursday, 29 January, 2009 | 16:28 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Purwokerto:The number of farmers in Banyumas regency has increased. "Our recent data indicated there are around 10.000 additional farmers in Banyumas," said Aziz Kusumandhani, Banyumas Economy chief, yesterday.
According to Aziz, the data was obtained during the distribution of fertilizer control card. Aziz said his department had distributed 90 percent of the total 140.000 control cards. All of the cards are scheduled to be distributed to farmers by the end of this month.
The additional number of farmers is beyond prediction, said Aziz. He attributed this phenomenon to the increased number inland ownership, even though the acreage remained the same. Therefore, the quota of fertilizers to farmers remains the same. There is 32.000 hectares of agricultural land in Banyumas, all of which are benefiting from 25.098 tons of subsidized fertilizer.
Aziz is optimistic that this year's fertilizer distribution will go smoothly, given the intensified supervision. He said only 250 kilograms of fertilizer is allocated for each hectare of agricultural land during each planting season. Meanwhile, farmers who own more than two hectares of land will not receive subsidized fertilizer.
ARIS ANDRIANTO
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