Westnoken.com – Advice on Local Food and Water Technology to Overcome the Food Crisis in Papua The food and water crisis in Papua especially in the Central Province of Papua has repeatedly occurred. There should be mitigation efforts one of which is the application of appropriate technology. supplementary irrigation system to deal with extreme drought. According to a report by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) about 7500 residents were affected by the drought that hit the Puncak district in the central region of Papua. Five adults and a baby were confirmed dead. Prolonged drought accompanied by very cold weather caused the populations food crops to fail. Namely in Agandugume District and Lambewi Regency in Central Papua Province Puncak Regency. To overcome the problem of food crisis in Papua do not exaggerate a basic solution is needed by using the right technology and encouraging local food production with superior varieties. The food crisis in the interior of Papua requires pioneers who are able to advise local people on both appropriate irrigation technology and the need for superior varieties to increase local food crop production in the dry season.
One of those local plants is Hipera or sweet potato. To find out more about the hidden problems in Papua author Santi Diansari contacted Hargianto. This friend of mine lives in poverty and gets along well with Papuans. Because Santi is usually known as the mother of Tiom Lanny Jayas children. Santis concern for the lives of Papuan children and his efforts to empower women really inspired the writer. Santi is also very worried about the Susi Air plane that caught fire and the pilot was kidnapped by an armed group at Pioneer Airport in Lanny Jaya Regency. Do you know friends? Lanny Jaya is always beautiful in my heart and in my mind my memories fly far away. I am very proud of Lanny Jaya said Santi. I was called by the children there Mother of Tiomis children in Lanny Jaya a nickname given by the regent Mr. Befa and regional secretary Mr. Christian Sahulait at the time he added. According to Santi Tioms landscape which is the center of Lanny Jayas activities seems to be in Geneva Switzerland. How beautiful but peaceful the residents are from place to place is a 3-7 hour walk with the contours of the country up and down. Although Santis activities in Papua have existed for a long time the current situation has not changed much. The joy for Papuan children never ends. Before the sun rises the children are always lively and sing the song One Nusa Satu Bangsa Garuda Pancasila Indonesia Tanah Air Beta without being told to medley.
The children arrive in a school van and are picked up at an arranged intersection and then driven to school on a journey of up to an hour. At that time as CSR Manager for IBM Indonesia PPPA Santi assisted the Ministry with programs aimed at Papuan women and children. The MURI record was created on this occasion because around 7000 Papuan children wrote letters to the President of the Republic of Indonesia on coconut leaves in the forest. Santi Diansari is a DAN 6 Black Belt Taekwondo champion athlete. He is currently serving as the CEO of BOSOWA company from 2020 to now. He also has a special role as a commissioner in the Bosowa Foundation in relation to the humanitarian and social activities of gender education disasters. According to Santi the tragedy that happened in Puncak Tengah Papua Regency which caused six people to die of starvation should not be repeated. A cultural and social engineering approach is needed to overcome the food crisis in Papua in a local food-based way. The spirit of growing local food should not be replaced by food from countries outside the region. For this cultural activities need to be intensified to increase the enthusiasm of the population towards the growth of local food. Appropriate agricultural extension programs and the use of superior varieties and irrigation technologies adapted to extreme drought conditions should be intensified. It is necessary to produce millennial farmers in Papua as much as possible so that this area becomes a wealth of food that can become an important food granary for Indonesia. Large companies operating in Papua must participate to achieve food security and self-sufficiency.
Based on the report of the National Food Agency there are 10 districts that have the lowest food security in the whole country in 2021. All these districts are located in Land Papua namely Nduga Intan Jaya Mamberamo Tengah Puncak Lanny Jaya Puncak Jaya Yahukimo Yalimo Dogiyai and Mamberamo Raya. Santi emphasized the importance of following the example of the TNI program to increase local food cultivation in Papua which continues to promote community-owned Hiper farms. TNI insists that each group of farmers in each village has a large area of Hiper agricultural land. As is known until now Hipere planting techniques are still carried out by the local community in a traditional way that has been handed down from generation to generation. Farmers plant sweet potatoes in mounds of soil in the form of individual mounds known as cumings. Sprinkle the sweet potato seeds on top of the cumin. The state is very sensitive to extreme drought disasters. But if the correct irrigation technology is used the result can be optimal. The varieties planted by farmers are generally local varieties (Ngelaleke) and farmers have also adopted Papua Solossa Papua Patippi and Cangkuang varieties.
This variation is the result of collaboration between Balitkabi BPTP Papua and ACIAR. Taking into account the agricultural prospects to plant Hiper crops Babinsa members in each Koramil are also tasked to provide assistance to farmers in their target areas. This assistance also aims to increase the diversity of food in the areas assisted by Koramil. Furthermore the agricultural program is still at the forefront of Babinsas activities. It is necessary to develop an additional irrigation system or drip irrigation for Hypere plants ie. additional technology required when rainfall is insufficient to compensate for plant water loss caused by transpiration evaporation. Supplemental irrigation aims to provide the water your plants need at the right time and volume and at the right intervals.
By calculating the daily groundwater balance in the root zone it is possible to plan watering volumes and intervals. To minimize water loss in the form of runoff and infiltration the amount of additional irrigation should be equal to or less than the water holding capacity of the soil in the root zone. Drought stress conditions require drip or drip irrigation methods. Irrigation is a way of giving plants water directly both on the surface of the soil and into the soil through slow continuous drips into the soil near the plant. A device for releasing water in a drip irrigation system is called a dripper or dripper. After leaving the emitter water spreads horizontally and vertically in the soil profile due to capillary and gravity forces. This method is particularly suitable for growing vegetable crops in a longer dry season.