Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, March 25 (Antara) - Strong growth of the farm and food crop sector has sustained economic growth of South Kalimantan, Bank Indonesia representative office here has said.
The province chalked up a significant economic growth of 5.28 percent in the third quarter of 2016 from only 3.13 percent in the previous quarter.
The growth was attributable to a 9.5 percent growth of the farm sector from previous quarter`s growth of 0.02 percent, head of the BI representative office Harymurthy Gunawan said on Friday.
Good harvest and expansion of food crop and horticulture plantations in a number of district areas in the province contributed to the farm sector.
Currently apart from rice , farmers in South Kalimantan began to expand plantations of other strategic food crops like red onion, chili, other vegetables, which have been the main components of inflation in the provinces.
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The province chalked up a significant economic growth of 5.28 percent in the third quarter of 2016 from only 3.13 percent in the previous quarter.
The growth was attributable to a 9.5 percent growth of the farm sector from previous quarter`s growth of 0.02 percent, head of the BI representative office Harymurthy Gunawan said on Friday.
Good harvest and expansion of food crop and horticulture plantations in a number of district areas in the province contributed to the farm sector.
Currently apart from rice , farmers in South Kalimantan began to expand plantations of other strategic food crops like red onion, chili, other vegetables, which have been the main components of inflation in the provinces.
Editor : Imam Hanafi
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