Farmers Delay Planting as Local Administration Readies Biostimulants
A number of farmers have delayed planting while others have decided to proceed with planting and leave the plants untreated.
Month-old paddies grow in a rice field in Jambesari village, Banyuwangi, East Java, as seen on 11 Oct. 2019.
BANYUWANGI, KOMPAS – Most farmers in Banyuwangi regency, East Java, are continuing to experience a shortage of subsidized fertilizers. As a result, a number of farmers have delayed planting while others have decided to proceed with planting and leave the plants untreated.
The Banyuwangi Agriculture Office attributed the shortage of subsidized fertilizers to the central government’s move to slash the distribution of subsidized fertilizers. To offset the shortage of fertilizer, the Banyuwangi administration had readied biostimulants, a type of water-soluble organic fertilizer, for distributing to farmers.
