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.

The Madiun Regent in his speech stated that the presence of irrigated rice field demfarm using New Supperior Variety (NSV) Inpari 7 as well as administering ICMFP program, rice productivity can be increased by 30 %, thus simultaneously can increase farmers’s income. He expected that NSV Inpari will be used by farmers in the following planting season by implementing ICM approach.

The demfarm applies several components namely Inpari 4 and 7, as well as NSV displays of Inpari 1, 5, 6, 10 and 13. It implements jajar legowo planting method in ratio 2:1, 2-3 seeds per hole, balanced fertilization based on Leaf Color Chart (LCC) and Paddy Soil Test Kid (PSTK) and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in controlling pests and diseases.

To disseminate the outcome of the irrigated rice demfarm activities, a Field Meeting and Technology Exhibition were held  on October 11^th, 2011 at Tiron Village, Madiun Sub-district  by East Java AIAT in collaboration with Agricultural Services for Food Crops and Horticulture (ASFCH) of Madiun Regency.

During the field meeting, a number of activities were conducted namely great harvest by Madiun Regent, Head of East Java AIAT and Head of (ASFCH, talkshows and the provision of hybrid rice seeds of Sembada B-168 variety handed over by the Madiun Regent as well as the seed of NSV Inpari 13 by the Head of East Java AIAT to “Tiron Maju II”, a farmers group from Tiron Village, Madiun Sub-district.  The field meeting was also equipped with a number of exhibition stands prepared by East Java AIAT, PT. Petrokimia Gresik and two  agricultural business partners. The event was also attended by Head of Madiun Regional Representatives Council, Second Assistant of Madiun Regent, Head of Madiun Office for Transportation, Head of Madiun Office for Cooperative and Trade, Madiun Agency for Food Sustainability, Heads of Madiun Sub-districts, Heads of Extention Offices, Plant Pest Organisms Observers, a number of Urban Village Heads, farmers group unions and agricultural societies in Madiun.

Source: East Java Assessment Institute of Agricultural Technology