Pemprov Papua Dorong Gerakan Tanam Cabai di Supiori dan Waropen

JAYAPURA - Pemerintah Provinsi Papua mendorong gerakan tanam cabai di Supiori dan Waropen, yang saat ini mengalami kenaikan inflasi cukup signifikan.

Bagaimana tidak, dalam beberapa pekan terakhir harga cabai menyentuh angka Rp150 ribu per kilogram. Tingginya harga cabai disebabkan tanaman petani tersebut diserang hama keong. 

“Selain melalukan pembasmian hama keong, kita dorong dua kabupaten ini menanam cabai.”

"Kami mulai melakukan dua kegiatan ini sejak tiga minggu lalu. Waropen ini sebenarnya pernah surplus cabai, tapi karena hama keong ini semua tanaman cabai habis," terang Kepala Dinas Tanaman Pangan, Hortikultura dan Pangan Papua, Samuel Siriwa, di Kota Jayapura, Sabtu (29/6/2024).

Siriwa juga memastikan, telah menyalurkan berbagai bantuan ke Waropen dan Supiori. Penyaluran bantuan bersamaan dengan kunjungan kerja Penjabat Gubernur Papua dan jajaran pada 27 dan 28 Juni 2024.

"Yang mana bantuan itu diantaranya, bantuan cadangan beras, bantuan untuk pengembangan padi mulai dari bibit, pupuk, traktor dan power threser. Lalu, bantuan pengembangan keladi dan pengembangan jagung serta peralatan pertanian kecil," jelas Siriwa. 

Ia berharap, bantuan yang disalurkan dapat dimanfaatkan secara maksimal, sehingga dapat meningkatkan produksi komoditas unggulan di daerah masing-masing. ***

JAYAPURA - The Papua Provincial Government is encouraging the movement to plant chili peppers in Supiori and Waropen, which is experiencing a significant inflation increase.

In recent weeks the price of chili has reached IDR150 thousand per kilogram. The high cost of chili peppers is due to the farmers' crops being attacked by snail pests.

"Besides eradicating conch pests, we encourage these two districts to plant chili."

"We started doing two activities three weeks ago. Waropen had a surplus of chili, but it was damaged because of snail pests," explained the Head of the Papua Food Crops, Horticulture and Food Service, Samuel Siriwa, in Jayapura City, Saturday (29/6/2024).

Siriwa also ensured that it had distributed various assistance to Waropen and Supiori. The distribution of aid coincides with the working visit of the Acting Governor of Papua and his staff on June 27 and 28, 2024.

"The assistance includes rice reserve assistance, and assistance for rice development starting from seeds, fertilizers, tractors and power threshers. Then, assistance for the development of yams and corn and small agricultural equipment," explained Siriwa.

He hopes that the assistance distributed can increase the production of superior commodities in their respective regions. ***