Kedungkandang (malangkota.go.id) – The Malang City Food Security and Agriculture Service (Dispangtan) together with the Malang City Police carried out a mass harvest of corn commodities in Kedungkandang District, Wednesday (26/2/2025). Previously, a corn planting program on one million hectares of land throughout Indonesia was also carried out simultaneously in January 2025.
Head of the Malang City Food and Agriculture Service, Slamet Husnan, said that this program is an effort to support the realization of food self-sufficiency which is a priority program in President Prabowo Subianto's Asta Cita.
"This has become a national program for food self-sufficiency. Through this program, it is hoped that farmers' welfare will increase and community food security will be more assured," he said.
This year's corn harvest was carried out on land owned by a farmer named H. Sujono in Bumiayu Village, Kedungkandang District, with a land area of 2.500 square meters.
"In Bumiayu Subdistrict, the total area of corn land is four hectares and planted with the Pertiwi 6 variety. In Malang City, there are approximately 80 hectares with a productivity of around 7,5 tons per hectare," said Slamet.
For the availability of corn in Malang City, Slamet said that it is currently still relatively safe. "To support corn production in Malang City, there are several interventions that we have made, such as facilitating corn seeds. For 2025, there are 390 kilograms with the Pertiwi 6 variety. In addition, we also facilitate subsidized fertilizers," he concluded. (ari/yn)
