Organic fertilisers driven by the state: soil fertility improvement versus expensive price, minim absorption, less confidence?

Organic fertilisers driven by the state:

soil fertility improvement

versus

expensive price, minim absorption, less confidence?

Edited by Riza V. Tjahjadi

Indonesia needs 30 million Tons Organic Fertilisers

"Today our wetland conditions of the organic matter content below 2 percent, it has been in critical condition," said Minister of Agriculture Suswono when inaugurated a home composting in Desa (village) Banceklok, Kecamatan (sub-district) Jrengik, Kabupaten (district) Sampang of East Jawa Province . The use of organic fertiliser is to be one alternative for the government to reduce the use of inorganic fertilizer consumption is quite large and the higher. "For the consumption of urea fertiliser have more than 5 million.

"For the consumption of urea fertiliser have more than 5 million tonnes," he added. The Agriculture Ministry estimates the total national organic fertiliser needs about 30 million tons per year. Let’s say, the national rice area harvested about 12 million ha/ year, each hectare of organic fertiliser require an average of 2 tons per ha. So we need 24 million tons of organic fertiliser. The remaining 6 million tons, to meet the needs of organic fertiliser to the development of SRI (System of Rice Intensification) organic about 10% of rice acreage, which is an area of 1.2 million hectares of organic fertiliser dose reaches 5 tonnes per ha in the first place.

To meet the needs of national organic fertiliser by 30 million tons per year that will require home composting with a capacity of 30,000 units each of one thousand tons of organic fertiliser per year. "But at this time due to budget constraints, the Ministry of Agriculture can only meet a small part," added Suswono. As a form of concern the government to improve the wetland and the development of organic agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture has facilitated the people to produce their own organic fertilisers through home composting development that is integrated with cattle.

"In the year 2009, the Ministry of Agriculture has developed a home grown composting totally 154 units and this year's state budget added about 600 units of home composting," added Suswono.

Director General of Land and Water Management Hilman Manan explained in FY 2010 through the PLA General Tasks Fund will build 235 housing units without cattle compost, and through the Fund Revised Budget FY 2010 also will be built 300 units of home composting is integrated with cattle.

http://www.sinartani.com/saprodi/indonesia-perlu-30-juta-ton-pupuk-organik-1279607696.htm (accessed 13 April 2011)

In fiscal year 2011 on 14 February 2011 the minister of Agriculture through a decree, namely No: 06/Permentan/SR.130/2/2011 Tentang Kebutuhan dan Harga Eceran Tertinggi (HET) Pupuk Bersubsidi untuk Sektor Pertanian Tahun Anggaran 2011 or the ceiling price and the needs of subsidised fertilisers for fiscal year 2011 has set total organic fertilisers subsidy amounted 835,000 tons. The most allocation of subsidised organic fertilisers is targeted to farmers grow food crops amounted 542,750 tons (more detail, see: poster 1).

As being known the minister a decree No: 06/Permentan/SR.130/2/2011 stated: Subsidised fertiliser intended for farmers, gardeners, breeder who seek land 2 (two) hectares maximum per growing season per family farmers except fish/shrimp farmers with maximum 1 (one) hectare ponds.

Minim absorption organic fertiliser by farmers

Government efforts to improve the fertility of agricultural land through organic fertiliser subsidies for farmers are not smooth. In the four years since the first time organic fertiliser subsidy budget allocation in the budget revenues and expenditures (state budget), it turns out, uptake by farmers is relatively minimal. According data from PT Pusri, the highest absorption of organic fertilisers occurred in 2009 that were the 230,000 tonnes compared with the previous year (2008) amounted to 90,000 tons. In 2010, the realisation of organic fertilisers decreased absorption, into a 211,000 tons of the total quota subsidy amounted to 600,000 tons (Kompas Tuesday, February 8, 2011).

Roughly saying there was 115,000 hectares organic farms in 2009, and 45,000 hectares in 2008, and 105,500 hectares in 2010 – which total quota targeted to 300,000 hectares farms utilised organic fertilisers for soil improvement.

At district level, for example, in Kabupaten Bantul of Yogyakarta province in 2010, the allocation of organic fertiliser with a brand namely Petroganik reach 1816 tons. "But until the end of 2010, it absorbed only 710 tons or 39%," said Head of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry (Dipertahut), Ir Edy Suhariyanta MMAdi Bantul, Thursday (13 /1/2011; www.krjogya.com).

According to President Director of PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja (Pusri) Persero Arifin Tasrif there are a number of factors that cause a decline in the realisation of the absorption of organic fertiliser in 2010, among others, increase the selling price of Rp 500 or US$5 Cent per kilogram (2009) to Rp 700 or US$8 Cent per kilogram (2010) and lack of party support related in terms of marketing and promotion. However, from two causes, there is one more obstacle associated lack of awareness about farmers using organic fertilisers. "This is very related to the difficulty of changing the habits of farmers, from the orientation of urea fertiliser to organic fertiliser reorientation. This is the challenge that should be found by the relevant parties, "Arifin said.

It worthy to note 1US$ = Rp 8,600 by 13 April 2011.

From experience in previous years, Arifin added, PT Pusri will fix a number of distribution lines during 2011. The goal for subsidy quota 900,000 tons can be absorbed up by the farmers.

Important Changes by PT Pusri

A number of important changes are being implemented right now is improving the quality of products and implementation strategies in an integrated production-marketing. Concerning the change in this strategy, Arifin explained, organic fertiliser production systems will be done by implementing a partnership. Thereafter the organic fertiliser will also be marketed in an integrated manner by subsidiaries of PT Pusri who will become partners in producing fertiliser.

"So, essentially there are 200 companies that will be a partner in producing organic fertilisers to the partner-200 has a maximum production capacity of 1.5 million tons, but the allocation of subsidies in 2011 was only 900,000 tons, thus the assumption there will be excess production of about 600,000 tons this year, "he said.

From the marketing side, all the subsidiaries (PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang, PT Petrokimia Gresik, PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur, PT Pupuk Kujang, PT Pupuk Iskandar Muda) were given the flexibility to package organic fertiliser. So, it’s expected will appear a variety of new brands, such as Organic Pusri or Organic Kujang.

Farmers Group complained Procurement Home Composting Project

Farmers Group in Lampung complained on the realisation of development home composting project procured by the Plantation Office, Food and Forestry Plants Holtikultural of Kabupaten Pringsewu which located in Pekon Sinar Baru.

This was said by Chairman of Commission B DPRD, a district-level parliament of Pringsewu, Irwan Chaniago, accompanied by Secretary of Commission B Zulmar while doing the sudden inspection in Pekon Sinar Baru, Sub-District Pringsewu of Kabupaten Sukoharjo in Lampung Province, on Friday as reported by Tribunnews.com - Friday, March 11, 2011 (19:14 pm). "We conducted unschedule inspection (Sidak) is to ensure the provision of home-related validity of compost and it is true if the machine is not in accordance with what should be given so it cannot be used by groups of farmers," he said.

According to him, should the engine in accordance with the existing file receipts amounted to three units, namely Counting Machine, Filter Machine and Machine grinders.

However, when done unscheduled inspection (Sidak) was found only grinders machine and the machine once used by farmers because they cannot be made to grind. Also during the milling process used to farmers' groups should count the parts that will be milled to make organic fertiliser, the volume of work and hassle.

APP, RPPO, and UPPO

Alat Pengolah Pupuk Organik (APPO) or Organic Fertiliser Processing Equipment in 2007 - a year earlier than organic fertiliser subsidies. In later years refined into Rumah Pengolah Pupuk Organik (RPPO) or home composting format following other facilities since 2009 until now. In addition there is also an organic fertiliser subsidy with relatively cheap price that are categorised in the subsidised fertiliser (chemical and organic), and also the assistance of cattle - all of which is allocated to the state budget.

On paper, it could be described that is 14 x 48 ha = 672 ha per season – which 1 unit APPO = 14 Farmers Group. The basis for calculating the above, is this: If the maximum operating APPO, in one growing season is expected to operate for 30 days, with longer operating about 6 -8 hours per day and a capacity of 1 ton per hour, so the amount of hay that do as much as 240 tons per growing season. Thus 1 unit of APPO will cover 48 ha area (one group of farmers). This a partial information from the Technical Guidelines for Management of APPO, Organic Fertiliser Processing Equipment Development of the Year 2008; published by the Directorate of Land Management of the Directorate General of Land and Water Management Ministry of Agriculture.

APPO included in the budget starting in 2007, then the organic fertiliser subsidies included in the budget starting in 2008. APPO refined into RPPO as contained in Budget 2010, and continued until the State Budget 2011.

One of them visible from the proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture, in particular DG of Land and Water (Ditjend PLA) - As written in the proposed temporary - (now: Director General of Agricultural Infrastructure and Facilities) states: To reduce farmers' dependence on inorganic fertilisers and the reduction of subsidies fertilisers, the future will be built 10,000 units home composting (RPPO), so that farmers can take advantage of organic fertiliser to support farming and not justified farmer groups/ farmer oriented only to the seller of organic fertiliser. That was tentative formulation of the PLA in 2010 Rakorsin Meeting or Coordination and Synchronisation Program Meeting/ Activities TA Land and Water Management in Yogyakarta, February 24, 2010 (Tjahjadi, 2010b).

RPPO according The Technical Guidelines Development Home Compost Year 2009 contained as many as 65 units scattered in 49 districts and 8 provinces. More detail, as said otherwise can be seen in the Appendix 1 of this Technical Guidelines. (But, Gosh… found it empty page).

In the year 2010 included the provision of home compost as much as 235 units were allocated to 33 provinces in Indonesia. Total cost the Indonesian Rp 23.5 billion, with unit price of Rp 100,000,000.

In the year 2011 included the provision of home compost as much as 245 units were allocated to 238 kabupaten /districts in 26 provinces, with focused to only the production centers of foodcrops, but it was no detail price unit mentioned – as to compare to 2010 fiscal year.

Thus, the general public did not get enough information that is easy and clear picture of the performance of flow realisation of procurement RPPO, especially about the number and location of the point of realisation of the procurement APPO / RPPO since 2006 until now. More fundamentally, as of yet there is a financial audit report by the Supreme Audit Board (BPK) to the realisation of APPO & RPPO procurement, so that the accountability of funds for the procurement of technical facilities introduced by the government in developing organic agriculture, especially in paddy fields is questionable.

Another facility to make compost is Unit Pengolah Pupuk Organik (UPPO) or Organic Fertiliser Processing Equipment Unit. In the fiscal year 2011 UPPO with amount 950 units allocated to centers production of foodcrops, horticulture, small scale plantation estate, and centers of husbandry in 276 kabupaten in 32 provinces.

One UPPO consists of 1 home composting, fermentation box, 1 APPO, 1 three-cycle motorbike, 1 cradle for cattle, and cattle or water buffalo (32 female + 3 male). Unfortunately, the Technical Guideline of UPPO in 2011 was not included total budget or cost per insertion of UPPO.

Sources

Pedoman teknis Pengelolaan Alat Pengolahan Pupuk Organik Pengembangan APPO Tahun 2008. Direktorat Pengelolaan Lahan Direktorat Jenderal Pengelolaan Lahan dan Air. Departemen Pertanian.

Statistik Pengelolaan Lahan dan Air 2006-2010. Direktorat Jenderal Pengelolaan Lahan dan Air Kementerian Pertanian. Jakarta, Maret 2010.

Pedoman Teknis Pengembangan Rumah Kompos Tahun 2010. Direktorat Pengelolaan Lahan Direktorat Jenderal Pengelolaan Lahan dan Air. Kementerian Pertanian.

Pedoman Teknis Pengembangan Unit Pengolah Pupuk Organik (UPPO) Ditjen PSP Tahun 2011.

Pupuk Organik Kurang Diminati Petani. www.krjogja.com. Kamis, 13 Januari 2011 16:49:00.

Penyerapan Minim, Pusri Ubah Strategi Pemasaran. Kompas, Selasa, 08 Februari 2011.

Peraturan Menteri Pertanian No: 06/Permentan/SR.130/2/2011 Tentang Kebutuhan dan Harga Eceran Tertinggi (HET) Pupuk Bersubsidi untuk Sektor Pertanian Tahun Anggaran 2011. Jakarta 14 Pebruari 2011.

Kelompok Tani Keluhkan Proyek Pengadaan Rumah Kompos.www.Tribunnews.com - Jumat, 11 Maret 2011 19:14 WIB.

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Brown Plant Hopper infestation to organic rice... Wereng Batang Coklat serang padi organik

be careful, when:

Brown Plant Hopper infestation to organic rice... Do nothing, (with common sense) Wait for the last seeds finding resistant one


Wait the last Galuh (Tuesday, 03/08/2011)

Plot of the local varieties of paddy crops on mixed farms organic Galuh mini scale created by volunteers Biotani & Bahari Indonesia in Mingas Baru Klaten in Central Jawa not escape from a pest, Brown plant hopper (BPH). Grains remaining - a few dozen stem - will be tested in the next planting season - whether to resistance to BPH. In another side, high yielded varieties of paddy fields around (in between Chinese cemetery and dumped household garbage site) it had been attacked by these pests in early February 2011, even a lot of pests that enter into people's homes in the surrounding ... as experienced by residents of Bekasi Barat in West Jawa in August 2010; BPH attack quickly spread to several areas of rice production between January and April 2010 reached 3.18 million hectares; total land area of 12.02 million hectares of paddy crop in 2009, see: Tjahjadi (2010) Corporate Take Over the Seed. Booming Hybrid Rice for food safety? A paper prepared for the Institute of Global Justice. Jakarta, 19 September 2010.


Another fragrant rice variety, Cempo Wangi 2 months old (yet flowering stage) seems survived - plot of Galuh rice variety behind it.

Red & White variety, Polaman both are local 1.5 months old, in another mini mixed gardening; also survived. It’s around 300 meters in the north of conventional farm.

photos: Riza VT & M. Rois

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menunggu GALUH yang terakhir (Selasa 08/03/2011)

Plot tanaman padi varietas lokal Galuh pada kebun campuran organik skala mini yang dibuat oleh relawan Biotani & Bahari Indonesia di Mingas Baru Klaten tak luput dari serangan hama Wereng Batang Coklat (WBC). Bulir padi yang tersisa - beberapa puluh tangkai - akan diuji pada musim tanam berikutnya - apakah akan resisten terhadap WBC. Lahan sawah padi unggul di sekitarnya, dekat pembuangan sampah dan kuburan Cina, sudah habis diserang hama tersebut pada awal Februari silam; bahkan banyak sekali hama WBC itu masuk ke dalam rumah-rumah penduduk di sekitarnya...

WBC masuk ke dalam rumah penduduk itu seperti yang dialami oleh penduduk Bekasi Barat pada bulan Agustus 2010. WBC mulai menyerang pada banyak kantung produksi beras di Jawa sejak periode Januari hingga April 2010 yang mencapai 3,18 juta hektar, total areal tanaman padi 12,02 juta hektare pada tahun 2009; lihat: Tjahjadi (2010) Corporate Take Over the Seeds. Booming Hybrid Rice For Food security? Makalah dipersiapkan untuk Institute Global Justice. Jakarta, 19 September 2010. Cempo Wangi umur 2 bulan (belum memasuki tahap berbunga) tampak masih belum digasak WBC - plot Galuh di belakangnya.

Padi Merah-Putih dan Polaman yang umurnya 1,5 bulan belum parah terserang WBC, lokasinya sekitar 250 meter dari lahan sawah konvensional yang habis digasak WBC.

Foto: Riza VT & M. Rois

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Can organic fertiliser subsidy be a model to UN, G20?

Can organic fertiliser subsidy be a model to UN, G20?



Toward the 16th regular session of the Human Rights Council in 8 March

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia in the last 3 years have experienced in transforming chemical fertiliser subsidy towards organic fertiliser subsidy, along with cattle and equipment grants composters (APPO, and RPPO). Despite the mechanization of small-scale composting using fossil-fuel energy - the very least will increase the CO2 in the rural areas - but it is time, the GOI took the momentum to share experiences and contribute ideas in the discourse of the elimination of agricultural subsidies that are expected by the special rapourter on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter be the first step of the global food crisis prevention.

President Sukarno in the 1958 UN General Assembly speech offers ideas To Build The World A New, now offer a organic fertiliser subsidy scheme as a model within the United Nations.

I through a letter to the Indonesian Permanent Mission to the United Nations and International Organisations, Geneva Ambassador dated February 7, 2011 I called for the government's wish to express the model in the 16th session of the Human Rights Council in 8 March 2011 (see poster).

My appeal is as a follow up from my comment on the statement of Oliver De Schutter at the end of January last (see previous post on this blogspot.)

My mail attachment (below Indonesia version)



Menyongsong 16th session of the Human Right Council in 8 March Pemerintah Republik Indonesia dalam 3 tahun terakhir telah berpengalaman dalam mentransformasikan subsidi pupuk kimia ke arah subsidi pupuk organik, disertai dengan hibah sapi dan peralatan pembuat kompos (APPO, dan RPPO). Meskipun dengan mekanisasi pembuatan kompos skala kecil itu memakai fossil-fuel energy - yang sedikit banyaknya akan menambah CO2 di kawasan perdesaan - namun kini saatnya, pemerintah RI mengambil momentum untuk berbagi pengalaman dan berkontribusi gagasan dalam wacana penghapusan subsidi pertanian yang diharapkan oleh special rapourter on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter menjadi langkah awal pencegahan krisis pangan global.

Presiden Soekarno di General Assemnly PBB tahun 1958 berpidato menawarkan gagasan To Build The World A New, kini tawarkanlah skema subsidi pupuk organik sebagai model PBB.

Saya melalui surat kepada Indonesian Permanent Mission to the United Nations and International Organizations, Geneva Ambassador tertanggal 7 Februari 2011 saya menghimbau agar pemerintah RI menyampaikan model itu dalam 6th session of the Human Right Council in 8 March 2011 (lihat poster).

Himbauan saya ini adalah sebagai tindak lanjut dari komentar saya terhadap pernyataan Oliver De Schutter pada akhir Januari silam (lihat posting terdahulu di blogspot ini). Lampiran surat saya

Can organic fertiliser subsidy be a model to UN, G20?
Dapatkah Subsidi Pupuk Organik menjadi Model di PBB, G20?




Can organic fertilisers subsidy be a model to UN, G20?

Riza V. Tjahjadi

What's come to your mind whenever you heard about proposal to eliminate fertiliser subsidy? Answering the question of how can we feed the world and still save the planet?, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter as reported, wants donors to move away from the model of subsidised fertilisers and seeds - the which he calls "private goods", to supporting "public goods" such as better infrastructure, strengthening local markets, ensuring access to credit and building storage capabilities. Much of this needs farmers to organise themselves to really bring benefits to rural areas.

He adds, the environmental challenge is huge. "A third of all greenhouse emissions come from agriculture, so We need to focus our Efforts of agriculture on the which does not degrade the soil and the which increases carbon capture," he explains, adding that he will presenting a paper on agroecology to the UN Human Rights Council in March (How can we feed the world and still save the planet? The Guardian, 21 January 2011).

As campaigners the right to food I did respond directly to Olivier De Schutter of Indonesia's experience since 2008 which been gradually promoting organic fertiliser as an alternative to remove agricultural subsidies, but the essence of the presentation Olivier De Schutter at next March will keep focus on the elimination of subsidies to fertilisers and seeds.

Early last month the British Environment secretary Caroline Spelman calls for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform to tackle 'global food security' and an end to direct pay-outs. She pursues fundamental reform of the European system of subsidies for farmers (The Guardian, 5 January 2011).

Maneuvers of both Olivier De Schutter within the UN, and Caroline Spelman may contribute to the changing map of international policies in the future. However, I see there is enough time for the government of Indonesia to share input to the UN, particularly the 16th session of the Human Right Council in 8 March, and the G-20 in May.

I may say human right record not good enough - until now, there were violence in the name of religion and against religious groups and belief, to freedom of opinion, and members of the press; everything still seems ignore by the state (the state is absent). Impunity for human rights violations are still very clear, as stated by inter religious leaders, and the case murder of Munir as a test of our history” still unsolved, the weakness protection to migrant workers. More specific, nationally, Right to Food is recognised by the state but legally not fulfilled into a law. However, these two events mentioned above will a good momentum and opportunity for Indonesia which has been promoting soft power diplomacy.

I therefore recommend that government immediately formulate proactive argument showing the state obligation to farmers which expected to improve the perception, whilst to elevate the image of Indonesia in the international community, especially to the UN bodies and multilateral donor institutions; that gradual transition models use chemical fertilisers in agricultural subsidies (2008-now). First, of all, show the small scale of the Cuban organic agriculture movement model which have been practicing by the government through the state budget since the fiscal year 2008. As consequence, the government should demonstrate the budget allocation on fertiliser subsidy portion of clams is headed to the use of organic fertiliser increased year by year; the agricultural futures will of some in the organic farming paradigm. Second, expose the commitment of the total five state-owned manufactures of chemical fertilisers will be more gradual increase in the volume of organic fertiliser production, include conversion roadmap of chemical fertilisers to organic fertilisers, and update the roadmap strategy of agriculture sector toward climate change. Third, show that with the stimulus of agricultural development through organic fertiliser subsidy in the last 3 years has been enlarging the scale of organic fertilisers use among farmers - in turn has multiplying the realisation of self-sufficient fertilizer Villages (Desa Mandiri Pupuk). Explain more detail what will be benefits and impacts when 10,000 of organic fertilisers processing units materialized in coming years; in 2010 there were 235 units allocated to all 33 provinces in Indonesia; with four categories of production capacity range from 35,250 to 246,750 tons per year. Meanwhile, subsidised organic fertilisers in 2010 focus to critical quality of farmland and poor soil nutrients in 8 provinces with total allocation 10.672,104 tons decomposers and 533,605 tons biofertilisers to covers 1,778,683 hectares rice fields.

Finally, show that the rice self-sufficiency has been achieved in the last 3 years this would not solely rely on the use of chemical fertilisers alone. Add also projected that the organic fertilizer will be increasingly important role in sustaining the rice self-sufficiency, and support the achievement of self-sufficiency in corn, soybean, sugarcane, and beef. Show that the organic fertilizer is eco-friendly within the scope of micro-climate which in turn also affects the global climate.

Possible impact to domestic atmosphere to the failure of a ten-year Go Organic 2010 programme (“… creates Indonesia as one of the major organic food producer in the world starting in 2010…”) can be shifted from memory of public at large whenever maneuver of the Indonesian government will be applauded by the international communities. Do not forget also include a reminder note that the eruption of Mount Krakatoa centuries ago have contributed to the world's climate cooled.


Riza V. Tjahjadi, advocates organic farming since 1988, and was active in international civil society coalition in the UN-FAO negotiations finalizing the draft of Voluntary Guidelines on the Right to Adequate Food. biotani@gmail.com





RVT, 28 Feb 2011
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Global Organic Agriculture

Global Organic Agriculture

“carbon footprint”
# “food-miles argument” vs self- community consumption (on behalf household and community food security; most Northern analysts/lobbyists usually identified three levels food security: Global, national, household food security).

# Mechanization vehicles (large farm in the North) vs labour intensive (small scale farm in Indonesia) although there are APPO (a compost making machine) and RPPO (a house for making compost) - all with fossil-fuel energy for three-cycle motorbike, and crasher machine of compost materials) introduced since 2007 and granted to rice farmers as to improve soil fertility within the state budget. Target: 10,000 units RPPO in coming years

Note: the average farm size in Indonesia is 0.3 hectare per household.


Methane gas
# Large swamps in the North vs stop eating rice for Asians from rice terraces?



This is my provocative comment to Mischa Popoff's book entitled Is it ORGANIC? Excerpts from the book and Organic farming = more CO2.


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copy e-mail of Popoff

Sat, February 26, 2011 7:26:44 AM

Organic farming creates more CO2 (which is a good thing, of course)

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Organic farming creates more CO₂ (which is a good thing, of course). So why do organic activists pretend organic farming releases less CO₂?

Urban organic activists begin every argument by pining for the good ol’ days. They point out that in 1940 one calorie of fossil-fuel energy produced two calories of food. But now, due to the “dreaded” effects of industrialization, 20 calories of fossil-fuel energy are required. This supposedly illustrates why an immediate transformation of the food biz is required to “save the planet.” How? By converting from a fossil-fuel-based food economy to one based instead on sunshine. Case closed! After all, it’s a 20-fold increase, right?

Well… turns out it’s not.

Go to my website to see the full story:

http://isitorganic.ca/organic_farming_creates_more_co2

Organic farmers and consumers deserve better.

Mischa Popoff, IOIA Advanced Organic Farm and Process Inspector

Author of Is it Organic?

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LAST oNe Regular Metting, SC Jaker PO

LAST one Regular Metting Steering Committee members of Jaringan Kerja Pertanian Organik (Jaker PO) Indonesia
Indonesia Organic Farming Network 17-18 February 2011@Jl. Pisang II/6 Kerten Solo Central Jawa
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Organic Fertilisers Subsidy 2011, Subsidi Pupuk Organik 2011

Organic Fertilisers Subsidy 2011,

Subsidi Pupuk Organik 2011

OUR OIL SOURCES DEPLETED

LET SHIFT INTO

ORGANIC FARMING

excerpt of a speech of President SBY (July 30, 2007; see previous posting: GO Organic 2010 failed, GO Organic 2010 Gagal).

Under the guidelines, the policy direction and the objectives, the Government along with the House of Representatives, in the Preliminary Discussion of RAPBN 2011, agreed to set the theme of national development in RKP Year 2011, namely: "Accelerating the Equitable Economic Growth Supported by the Strengthening of the Governance and Synergy of the Regional and Central Government". Along with that, eleven national development priorities were also established in the Government Work Plan (RKP) year 2011, namely (1) Bureaucratic Reform and Governance, (2) Education, (3) Health and Population, (4) Poverty Reduction, (5) Food Security, (6) Infrastructure (7) Investment Climate and Business Climate, (8) Energy, (9) Environment and Disaster Management, (10) Rural Sector, Front Line, Outskirt, and Post-Conflict, and (11) Culture, Creativity, and Innovation on Technology.

On the expenditure side, the central Government expenditure in the RAPBN 2011 is planned to reach Rp 823.6 trillion, or increasing by Rp 42.1 trillion (5.4 percent) of the APBN-P’s cap 2010. The budget allocation of the Central government in 2011 will be focused to provide supports to: (1) the achievement of high quality economic growth through the infrastructure development; (2) the social protection through the expansion of access to education services (BOS), and health (JAMKESNAS); (3) the community empowerment through the PNPM mandiri andKeluarga Harapan Programs; (4) the strengthening of the bureaucratic reform implementation; (5) the improvement on the state apparatus and retirees welfare; (6) the right allocation of budget subsidies; and (7) the payments of the debt interest in a timely manner (www.depkeu.go.id)

Total Subsidy 22.4% of the central Government expenditure

# Total subsidy amount Rp 184.8 trillion, in the 2011 Draft State Budget Rp2 trillion recorded down to Rp16, 4 trillion meanwhile in the Revised Budget 2010, the allocation of fertiliser subsidies reached Rp18, 4 trillion.

# Organic fertilisers subsidy amounted 1,092,000 tons (APBN 2011) increased from 715,000 tons (APBN P 2010). Organic fertilizers have been producing by the state-owned chemical fertilisers manufacture.

# Observation to 2010 there were 235 of organic fertilisers processing units (Rumah Kompos) allocated to all 33 provinces in Indonesia; with four categories of production capacity range from 35,250 to 246,750 tons per year. Meanwhile, subsidised organic fertilisers in 2010 focused to critical quality of farmland and poor soil nutrients located in 8 provinces with total allocation 10.672,104 tons decomposers and 533,605 tons biofertilisers to covers 1,778,683 hectares rice fields.

Organic rice farming system is the SRI method of paddy field irrigated farming intensively and efficiently in the management of soil, plants and water through the empowerment of groups and local knowledge and based on environmentally friendly principles. This method has been mengami many technical additions compared to the original SRI, but principally the same. Rice is not an aquatic plant. As background SRI developed in Madagascar by a French Priest, (Henri de Lalaunié) in the 80s based on observation of farmer experiences, developed and disseminated by a NGO, namely Tefy Saina (to develop the mind). With the help of CIIFAD, especially Prof Norman Uphoff, SRI spread to other countries as recorded in 1999.

It worthy to note:

The State Budget 2011 Revision Version violates Constitutions --- In Budget 2011, the budget for civil servants and officers amount Rp4, 9 trillion. While the increase in travel spending Rp4, 9 trillion debt spending increases Rp9, 6 trillion. "While spending related to the interests of the people such as subsidies and social assistance spending decreased respectively Rp13, 6 trillion and Rp 8 trillion," said the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (Fitra) Yuna Farhan in a press statement here on Sunday (23/01/2011). Fitra has filed a judicial review against the 2011 State Budget Law to the Constitutional Court. We assess the State Budget Law 2011 violated the 1945 Constitution, but until 23 January 2011 the Constitutional Court has not made examination (Suara Karya Online Senin, 24 Januari 2011; 18:04. www.budget-info.com, Media Indonesia Minggu, 23 Januari 2011 19:24 WIB).

Riza V. Tjahjadi

biotani@gmail.com

4 February 2011

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