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The History: Paddy Thresher
Human demands for food, making the technology must be developed to solve the problems of how to increase agricultural production. This makes it increasingly displaced the existence of the traditional tools by machines created with the aim to facilitate the fulfillment of human needs. Likewise with the fate of traditional thresher appliance so called Gebotan. (more ...)
Citrus Plant Screen House Model
Citrus agribusiness development begins with the nurseries that demanded strong support for a strong nursery industry. Availability of citrus seedlings at planting, the number and needs of farmers at an affordable price is the key to the success of citrus agribusiness development in Indonesia. (more ...)
International Seminar : Rice Innovation
Climate change has affected many aspects of agriculture. Extreme weather has caused storm, drought, and flood in some rice production areas. Increasing of sea level caused saline water intrusion to wider rice areas and seriously affected rice cultivation. In addition, an increasing temperature has reported by scientists could reduce the yield of rice crop. Meanwhile, pests and diseases outbreak are faced by farmers and it was also significantly reduced rice yield.
The impact of global climate change has been reported by scientists and mass media that caused declining yield and quality of rice. It is predicted that in 2020 world population would reach 7 million people. At least 237 million people in Indonesia depend on rice as staple food therefore; special efforts have to be addressed to maintain rice production at sufficient level. Rice production should be increased over time to cope with the increasing population growth. Indonesia’s rice production needs to be increased by 2 million tons of milled rice annually.
Therefore, research and development of rice technologies along with dissemination through farmers and related stakeholders need to be intensified. (more ...)
Sustainable Food Houses Stole the Spotlight at the World Food Day Celebration, Gorontalo
Sustainable Food Houses (SFH) Model was showcased at the Technologies Exhibition on the top event of World Food Day Observance held in Bone Bolango, Gorontalo, on 18th -22nd October 2011. The model gained the spotlight which highly benefited and directly met the target users. Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD) presented the SFH with its theme “Empowering Family Household to overcome the increasing Food Prices towards Food Security” (more ...)
“Is Indonesian Food Supply Sufficient to Feed the Nation?”
It’s a quote from the Vice President (VP) in his speech while opening the World Food Day (WFD) which was held in 20 October 2011 in Bone Balango Regency, the Province of Gorontalo. His visit to the WFD observance was accompanied by Minister of Agriculture, FAO Representatives, James Mc. Grane, and also representatives from 21 companion countries. (more ...)
Abundant Rice Harvest 30 %, After Planting Inpari 4 and Inpari 7
MADIUN—To support the Integrated Crop Management Field School (ICMFP), East Java Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology (AIAT) held a Demonstration Farm (demfarm) by applying Integrated Management Crop (ICM) approach to irrigated rice fields at Tiro Village, Madiun Sub-district capable of yielding 10.20 ton/ha using Inpari 7 variety which was notably much higher than those using Ciherang varieties which only produced 7.30 ton/ha. Prior to the application of the demfarm, farmers could only yield 3-4 ton/ha using Ciherang variety due to Brown Planthopper attacks. (more ...)
Vice President….., the Balance is Barely Sufficient
Gorontalo- National food security is still in balance with the number of population. However, national food security would need to be strengthened because the population growth tends to increase every year. The balance itself is barely stable and therefore it requires a systematic stride to overcome food vulnerabilities in national food supply which is still haunts Indonesian people. (more ...)
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