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Banyuwangi menjadi salah satu referensi dalam penyusunan peta jalan kebijakan pertanian digital Bappenas. Sebuah tim ditunjuk menggelar Forum Group Discussion (FGD) yang diikuti sejumlah stakeholder selama dua hari pada (13-14 November 2023).
“Banyuwangi menjadi salah satu daerah yang digelar FGD untuk mendapatkan masukan dan ide-ide bagi Bappenas. We explain what Banyuwangi has done and what Banyuwangi needs in the future to develop the agricultural sector, especially regarding the use of technology for agriculture in the future,” said Banyuwangi Regent Ipuk Fiestiandani, Tuesday (28/11).
The Bappenas team that came to Banyuwangi consisted of various elements. Among others, a team from the Australian Center of Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Australian Agricultural Innovation Agency ‘Beanstalk’s’, and the Center for Socioeconomic and Agricultural Policy (ICASEPS) Ministry of Agriculture, as well as from academics from Brawijaya University.
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Ipuk admitted that developing the agricultural sector was a challenge for the Banyuwangi Regency Government. One of them is the issue of farmer regeneration.
“Maka kita perlu cara kreatif untuk melahirkan generasi muda petani yang inovatif, visions, technologically literate. So since then 2018 creating the Jagoan Tani program, which invites millennials to get into the agricultural business with all its subsectors,” said Ipuk.
Late this, anak-anak muda peserta Jagoan Tani mengikuti program inkubasi bisnis dengan mentor-mentor dan praktisi yang bergerak di bidang pertanian. Business capital of hundreds of millions of rupiah is provided for the best.
“We also hold the Digital Champion program for young people who are interested in developing their talents and interests. We encourage them to develop agricultural technology too,” said Ipuk.
Head of Innovation Universitas Brawijaya Dias Satria menjelaskan bahwa kedatangan mereka untuk melakukan penyusunan roadmap agriculture technology yang akan diserahkan ke Bappenas. The results will be input for the central government to accelerate Indonesia's agricultural technology in the future.
“We chose Banyuwangi, because this area has a lot of innovation and a strong government commitment in encouraging the use of digital-based agricultural technology,” he explained.
Dias gave the example of the regional government creating an innovative Jagoan Tani competition which is held every year.
“Jagoan Tani sukses melahirkan pengusaha pertanian yang sukses, even able to export its products. Some of them are also starting to develop Internet of Things-based technology (IoTs) to help agricultural efficiency,” terang Dias.
In the FGD, Jagoan Tani participants were also involved. Among others, Edy Lusi, Chairman of the Panaba Association (Banyuwangi Dragon Fruit Farmers) with the technology of using lights on dragon fruit; Mumtadz Zaid Bin Thabit millennial farmer using drone sprayer technology; Nanang Widayat is an environmentally friendly farmer who controls rat pests with the natural predator Tyto Alba.
There is also Fauzan Sukma, with Pandawa Agri Indonesia pesticide reductant technology; Abdul Rachmanjauhari from Sirtanio, with superior export quality organic rice products; and Edy Suprandono from P4S (Rural Agricultural Training Development Center) Sukatani, with vegetative development technology for horticultural seeds.
Tim juga melakukan kunjungan lapangan untuk melihat penerapan teknologi digital pertanian smart farming di Banyuwangi, in the form of a melon plant greenhouse that operates using the IoT method (Internet of Things).
“Semua teknologi pertanian yang dimanfaatkan oleh petani Banyuwangi menjadi masukan yang berharga bagi tim kami,” pungkas Dias.
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