Sawah Puso, Mentan Keluhkan Pemda Kerap Terlambat Suplai Data
Damaged rice fields, the Minister of Agriculture Complain Data Supplied Government Delays
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Serang (B2B) - Menteri Pertanian Suswono meminta Pemerintah Kabupaten Serang secepatnya melakukan verifikasi atas lahan pertanian pertanian yang terkena bencana. Selanjutnya, data tersebut disampaikan pemerintah provinsi dan diteruskan Kementerian Pertanian untuk ditindaklanjuti.
"Kemudian, petugas konsultan independen melakukan validasi data lapangan apakah proposal dana talangan yang diajukan pemda itu layak diloloskan. Kerap kali kita tidak dapat bergerak karena pemda terlambat memberikan data," kata Suswono ketika mengunjungi areal pertanian yang terkena banjir di Desa Undar Andir, Kecamatan Kragilan, Kabupaten Serang, Banten, Selasa (22/1/2013).
Dari data tersebut, Mentan Suswono berharap program talangan penggantian sawah petani puso dapat diambil dari dana kontigensi, sehingga pihaknya dapat mengajukan kembali kepada Kementerian Keuangan (Kemenkeu). Tahun 2012 lalu, realisasi penggantian sawah puso tidak melebihi kuota sebesar Rp 200 miliar.
Menurut Suswono, apabila validasi data pemerintah sudah sesuai, dana akan langsung ditransfer ke rekening sawah petani yang terkena puso. "By name by address." terangnya.
Sebagaimana diketahui, dana talangan itu diberikan ke petani jika sawahnya 75% mengalami gagal panen. Penggantian per ha itu mencakup biaya pengolahan Rp 2,6 juta dan pupuk (urea dan majemuk) sebesar Rp 1,1 juta per hektar.
Serang (B2B) - Minister of Agriculture Suswono expect support Serang Government to expeditiously verify the agricultural land affected. Furthermore, the data delivered the provincial government and the Ministry of Agriculture continued to be followed up.
"Later, officers independent consultant to validate the data field is proposed bailout proposal was viable government passed. Often times we are not able to move due to late local governments provide data," said Suswono when visiting flood affected agricultural land in the village of Undar Andir, District Kragilan , Serang, Banten, on Tuesday (22/01/2013).
From these data, Minister Suswono hope bailout program reimbursement damaged rice fields farmers can be taken from the contingency fund, so that it can apply to return to the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu). In 2012, the actual reimbursement does not exceed the quota damaged rice fields at Rp 200 billion.
According to Suswono, if the government had appropriate data validation, funds will be directly transferred to the bank accounts of farmers whose paddy fields damaged. "By name by address." he explained.
As is known, the bailout given to farmers if their fields 75% crop failures. Replacement per hectare that covers processing costs Rp 2.6 million and fertilizers (urea and multiple) of Rp 1.1 million per hectare.
