Arifin Panigoro Undang Presiden Panen Padi Sistem Sawah Modern di Papua
Indonesia`s Widodo Invites to Harvest the Modern Rice Field Systems in Papua
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Pengusaha minyak yang juga pimpinan Medco Group, Arifin Panigoro, menemui Presiden Joko Widodo (Jokowi) di Istana Kepresidenan, Jakarta, Senin (6/4) pagi. Namun, pertemuan itu bukan untuk membahas masalah minyak, tetapi masalah pertanian.
Menurut Arifin, Presiden Jokowi memberikan respon positif terhadap mekanisasi pertanian dengan sistem sawah modern. Bahkan rencananya pada kunjungan ke Papua berikutnya awal Mei nanti, Presiden juga akan meninjau lokasi yang menjadi percobaan pengembangan sawah modern di Papua Selatan.
“Saya sudah laporkan semua ke Presiden, saya juga akan mengundang untuk panen di sana,” ujar Arifin Panigoro.
Dalam rangka meningkatkan produktivitas beras, Arifin Panigoro telah merintis pengembangan sawah modern di Merauke, Papua Selatan. Sawah modern ini konsepnya mekanis semua. 5.000 ha cuma dikelola oleh 100 orang, jadi satu orang dapat 50 ha. Alat-alatnya dari mulai menanam sampai panen sama seperti di Amerika Serikat.
Menurut Arifin, waktu yang diperlukan untuk panen sekitar 100 hari, tetapi tidak bisa dalam setahun melulu ditanami padi, harus diselingi, misalnya dengan kedelai. Di Vietnam dan Thailand sendiri sudah menerapkan sistem sawah modern. Di Indonesia bisa diterapkan juga asal lahannya harus datar dan luas, tidak bisa diterapkan di sistem terasering.
“Ini baru percobaan, nanti yang dipanen sekitar 300 hektar, tapi hasilnya bagus sekali. Kemarin yang sistem manual hasilnya 6,9 ton gabah kering per hektar, kalau yang full mekanik, mereka optimistis 8 ton gabah kering per hektar,” kata Arifin.
Minggu lalu sudah dilakukan panen, dan rencananya akan dilakukan pengecekan kualitasnya, Arifin menambahkan. “Kalau ini sukses dan skalanya bisa jutaan hektar, akan membantu mencukupi kebutuhan beras di Pulau Jawa,” kata Arifin seperti dilansir setkab.go.id.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian oil and gas entrepreneur who is also chairman of the Medco Group, Arifin Panigoro, met President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Monday. However, the meeting was not to discuss the issue of oil and gas, but related on agriculture.
According to Mr Panigoro, President Widodo gave positive response to the mechanization of agriculture with modern rice field system. Even, according to the plan at the next visit to Papua in early May, the President will review the location being a trial development of modern rice fields in southern Papua.
“I’ve reported all to President, I also will invite to rice harvest there,” he said.
In order to improve the productivity of rice, Arifin has pioneered the development of modern rice fields in Merauke, Papua South. This modern rice fields the entire mechanical concept. 5,000 ha only staffed by 100 people, so one person can be 50 ha. The tools ranging from planting to harvest as same as in the United States.
According to Mr Panigoro, the time required to harvest about 100 days, but in a year could not only planted with rice, should be interspersed, for example with soy. In Vietnam and Thailand has implemented a system of modern rice fields. Indonesia could also implement the system, if the land that is used should be flat and wide, it cannot be applied in the terracing system.
“This is just an experiment, later the harvested approximately 300 ha, but the results are good. Previous with manual system the result of 6.9 tons of dry grain per hectare, if the full mechanical, they are optimistic that it could produce of 8 tons of dry grain per hectare,” Arifin said.
Last week already done the harvest and plans to do the quality control, Arifin added. “If this is a success and the scale can reach millions of acres, it will help meet the demand for rice in Java,” Arifin said.
