Tens of Thousands of Subsidized Fertilizers Not Yet Absorbed in Blora, Potentially Reduced Next Year

INFOKU, BLORA -There are as many as  More than 25 thousand tons of subsidized fertilizer had not been absorbed by the end of November. 

If the quota is still remaining until the end of December, the potential quota for next year could be reduced.

This is not desired, the plan is to intensify socialization to farmers  at  every  Complete Fertilizer Kiosk  ( KPL ).

Head of the Trade Division (Kabid) of the Blora Trade, Cooperatives, and Small and Medium Enterprises Service ( Dindagkop UKM ) Siti Mas'amah revealed to the press that  there is a lot of subsidized fertilizer stock  that has not been redeemed by farmers.

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Data at the end of last November, around 25 thousand tons of fertilizer had not been absorbed.

In detail, 14,565 tons of urea fertilizer and 10,948 tons of  NPK - Phonska fertilizer .

"For urea that has not been redeemed, it is around 22.13 percent, while NPK-Phonska is 21.57 percent," he said.

Masamah continued, this year the quota for urea fertilizer is 65,815.9 tons.

Farmers have absorbed 51,250.5 tons, while, for the NPK-Phonska type, the quota is 50,754.1 tons, and 39,805.5 tons have been absorbed.

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It is suspected that farmers have not yet redeemed  subsidized fertilizer due to the long dry  season   that occurred in Blora.

"Until the end of November, the Blora region has not started planting," he said.

However, for this December, he ensured that all fertilizer would be absorbed.

Because, it has entered the  rainy season . Farmers will absorb fertilizer for their agricultural crops.

"The percentage of fertilizer that has not been redeemed will be absorbed in December," he said.

Meanwhile, the Regional Marketing Officer of Pupuk Indonesia  Petrokimia  Gresik in Blora, Agus Nugroho Eko Priyono, hopes that farmers will immediately absorb  the subsidized fertilizer quota  that has been provided.

He admitted that he was intensifying outreach to farmers through KPL partners.

Considering that the time is approaching the end of the year.

"We will intensify socialization so that the remaining fertilizer can be absorbed," he said.

Agus said, if the fertilizer allocation is not absorbed, it will return to the state.

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Then the government will conduct an evaluation and the worst impact is that next year's fertilizer quota could be reduced.

"Hopefully it doesn't happen, because the government  is currently  also serious about realizing  food security ," he concluded.  (Endah/ IST ) 

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