Rice harvest

developing rice cropping systems that can be harvested four times a year.

This was in addition to increasing farmers' income could also boost national rice production.

According to the Head of Agricultural Research and Development Gatot Irianto, planting rice four times a year can be done with intensive cropping systems approach starting from the selection of varieties, land management, nursery, until harvesting.

"The way, by shortening the processing time of land, nursery, and harvesting," said Billy, Friday (24 / 4), after the first harvest index of rice or paddy crop planted 400 four times a year in farm experiments Central Rice Research Plant, Pusakanagara , in Subang, West Java.

At the first harvest IP 400, the productivity reached 7.1 tons of dry milled grain per hectare. Billy optimistic rice cultivation system four times a year can be applied to the farmers because the system is not much different from the pattern of integrated plants.

With increasing cropping index (IP), the national rice production is expected to increase sharply on an ongoing basis.

Currently, there are about 800,000 hectares of irrigated rice fields "super" technical potential for planting rice four times a year. Land guaranteed water supply continuously throughout the year and there around the reservoir in Java and outside Java.

In addition to irrigated rice fields "super technical", the system of planting the same model can also be applied to rainfed land and land utilization is still not optimal, or the IP is still low.

"Within a year, the rainy season of about 4.5 months, on rainfed land typically planted only once. With this system allows planting two times. In fact, rainfed land area 2.5 million hectares, "he said.

Head of Balai Besar Penelitian Tanaman Padi Results Sembiring said, the selection of varieties for planting four times a year-old rice varieties are very short or a combination of old varieties of short and very short.

Rice varieties in the short age category between 105 and 124 days is Ciherang, Mekongga, Cigeulis, Cibogo, Way Apo Buru, Widas, Situ Patenggang, and similar varieties.

The very short age varieties, ie 90-104 days, among others Silugonggo, Dodokan, and Inpari I.

To shorten the time, nursery land is outside the standard. For example, the abduction system, wet dry nursery (seedbed in dry land area or outside the plant), and nursery dapog, who use the media box.

Ground processing of the start of harvest to the land ready for planting, carried out in a week.