TEMPO.CO, Bandung - The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) released the temporary figure for rice, corn and soybean productions in West Java.
“Rice, corn and soybean production in 2015 dropped due to El-Nino,” West Java BPS head Bachid Ruswana said at his office in Bandung on Tuesday, March 1, 2016.
Bachdi explained that last year’s El-Nino had caused drought and, therefore, reducing the amount of harvested crops. However, Bachdi said West Java’s productivity of the three commodities was better than other provinces since the productivity increased.
The BPS released the estimation figure for dry unhusked rice (GKG) production in 2015 at 11,373 million tons, which dropped by 2.33 percent when compared to that in 2014. Bachdi added that the condition was caused by a decrease in harvested land size by 6.17 percent or 271,000 tons of GKG. The BPS released that the temporary harvested land size for rice was 1.857 million hectares, decreasing by 122,173 hectares compared to that in 2014.
Although the harvested land size decreased in West Java, Bachdi added, the rice productivity in 2015 increased by 4.08 percent to 61.22 quintals per hectare when compared to the previous year.
El Nino had also caused cord production in West Java to drop by 8.32 percent. The BPS announced that the temporary figure for West Java’s corn production stood at 959,900 tons, decreasing by 87,000 tons.
“The cause was a decrease in harvested land size by 11.19 pecent. However, the productivity increased by 3.34 percent,” Bachdi said, adding that the total harvested land size for corn in 2015 stood at 126,800 hectares.
Bachdi also revealed that El Nino had caused West Java’s soybean production plummeted by 14.46 percent. The temporary figure in 2015 stood at 98,900 tons. The soybean harvested land size also decreased by 14.16 percent to 60,100 hectares.
The BPS recorded that West Java’s rice production has been decreasing from 12.08 million tons in 2013 to 11.64 million tons in 2014. In 2015, the estimated figure showed that West Java’s rice production would continue to decrease.
AHMAD FIKRI
