Jakarta – Chairman of the House of Representatives Commission IV Siti Hediati Hariyadi of Titics Soharto has praised the innovation of farmers in Agam, West Sumatra related to environmentally friendly paddy cultivation and high productivity. According to him, the cheap Sawah Basic Rice Cultivation System (SPM) shows that Indonesian farmers are intelligent because they are able to make excellent agricultural breakthroughs at low cost. “I now pay attention to this cheap basic rice field, is an illustration of Indonesian farmers, especially creative agam regency farmers, because it is able to produce low -cost rice cultivation, environmentally friendly with higher productivity up to 40 percent compared to conventional agriculture,” Titic said after cheap basic rice fields in Agamse, West Sumatra. According to Titics, SPM can be a solution to the problems often faced by domestic farmers, such as the dependence on inorganic fertilizers to high water needs. This method can make farmers save 30%of fertilizer. Browse to continue with the content “does not need much water, so we should be worried again if the planting season is done when the drought comes, even pests and diseases can be well controlled,” Tity says. Titic emphasized that SPM was an answer to the limited country and shrinking sector workers in Indonesia, so that the SPM cultivation system could be mimicked and implemented by farmers elsewhere to achieve food self -provision. “Imagine that the average ownership of farmers’ land in Agam Regency is no more than 3,000 square meters, but the yields of the rice crop are much more. I think this SPM method should be considered as imitating and carrying out in other regions, so food self-sufficiency is faster,” Titic said. SPM cultivation, which has been developed since 2021, has become popular with Agam Regency farmers due to high harvests, using the harvesting of harmps as mulch, without soil processing, does not need much labor, a little inorganic fertilizer and can suppress the plant -distrusting organisms. Furthermore, Title said that Commission IV supports sustainable agriculture that has reached the well -being of farmers and the objectives of the ASTA Cita in the form of food dependence. “We in Commission IV of the Indonesian Parliament support the innovation, initiative and creativity of farmers in Indonesia in sustainable agriculture, such as cheap rice fields in Agam Regency, because farmers will be wealthy at the end, the target of ASTA Cita Mandiri food is reached and the state becomes strong,” Titic says. (Eva/IDH) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here
Titik Soharto Price Agam Farmers Innovation Successful Cultivation of the SPM Method
