Trobos Livestock - November 2018

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The production of corn which is always supported by a surplus can be corrected by the Central Bureau of Statistics as done in rice production.

Director of the Center for Food Agriculture and Advocacy Studies (Pataka) Yeka Hendra Fatika explained that corn production is surplus, with production announced by the current government (Ministry of Agriculture estimates that corn production in 2018 will be 30 million tons) should at least 5.3 million be harvested. Ha.

Furthermore, the production number is verified by the number of seeds planted, assuming that 1 ha of land requires 20 kg of corn seeds, so 106,000 tons of seed is needed. But the reality of national seed production has never been more than 60,000 tons.

"As with the rice data corrected by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), because it is over-calculated at 43.43%. Corn is also potentially corrected, because the maize and rice harvest season is not much different, "said Yeka at the" Emergency Corn "press conference held by the Center for Food Agriculture and Advocacy Studies (Pataka) in Jakarta (8/11).