medcom.id, Jakarta: The Ministry of Agriculture has prepared a budget of Rp800 billion to anticipate the effect of drought season which was predicted to hit several Indonesian regions.
The Directorate General of Food Crops of the Agriculture Ministry, Hasil Sembiring mentioned that the fund distribution has been prepared since last June, as it was written in the 2015 State Budget Revision (APBN-P).
"I think at the beginning of June the minister had said to directly switch the Rp800 billion budget and recently there was a Special Allocation Fund (DAK) as much as Rp6.9 trillion," said Hasil at Metro TV's 'Bincang Pagi' talk show, Thursday (7/30/2015).
The fund, continued Hasil, will be appointed for the procurement of several additional equipments to anticipate the drought. Hasil confirmed that the fund is to be used to procure tools which are not consumptive.
"Used for pumps and its supporting items as making shallow wells and small dams. There are requests from the public for large sized pipes. I think this week might be conducted," he revealed.
Nevertheless, Hasil thinks the condition of Indonesian farming sector is not at a concerning level yet. His party only anticipated should there be unwanted incidents.
"I think it is not necessary (for the people to worry). From our trip in Central Java, there are drought spots, but not many. If there were, they handled it on the spot," he revealed. (EPS)
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