Lahan Pertanian di Jakarta Terus Menyusut Berganti Pemukiman
Agricultural Land in Jakarta Continues Reduce Changing Settlements
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Sekitar 90% dari 528 hektar luas lahan pertanian di Jakarta Utara dikuasai para pengembang dan warga hanya memiliki sekitar 10%. Keterbatasan lahan ini membuat petani menjadi enggan mengembangkan lahannya untuk bertani karena tergerus pembangunan pemukiman.
Mengantisipasi keterbatasan lahan tersebut, Suku Dinas Pertanian dan Kehutanan Jakarta Utara melakukan penanaman 2.600 pohon mangga dan pohon pinus selama tahun 2013.
"Langkah tersebut diikuti pengembangan hutan kota di kawasan Rorotan di Cilincing," kata Kepala Suku Dinas Pertanian dan Kehutanan Jakarta Utara, Jaja Suarja ketika dihubungi di Jakarta, belum lama ini.
"Sebagian besar dari bibit tanaman dan bibit pohon ditanam di taman, di sekolah, hutan kota, stadion, dan gelanggang olahraga remaja (GOR), karena penghijauan di Jakarta Utara masih kurang. Mengenai anggarannya itu kewenangan Dinas Pertanian dan Kehutanan DKI Jakarta, kami hanya menempatkan lokasinya saja," kata Jaja.
Jakarta (B2B) - About 90% of 528 hectares of agricultural land in North Jakarta controlled by the developer and the residents only had about 10%. Limited land makes the farmers to be reluctant to develop the land for farming because it eroded settlement.
Anticipating the limited land, Sub-Department of Agriculture and Forestry, North Jakarta, the planting of 2,600 trees of mango and pine trees during 2013.
"The move was followed by the development of urban forestry in the Rorotan in Cilincing," said the Head of the Office of Agriculture and Forestry, North Jakarta, Jaja Suarja when contacted in Jakarta, recently.
"Most of the seed plants and tree seedlings planted in parks, schools, urban forest, stadium and sports arena teenagers (GOR), as reforestation in North Jakarta is still lacking. Regarding budgetary authority that the Office of Agriculture and Forestry, Jakarta, we only location puts it, "Jaja said.
