Batulicin, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The Government of Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan, have succeeded in decreasing stunting number in the district through a program called Kawasan Rumah Pangan Lestari or the Sustainable Food Estate Zone (KRPL).
"In the KRPL program, we distribute Rp15 million in aid to the Women Farmers Group (KWT) with funds sourced from the state budget," said Head of the Consumption and Food Safety of Tanah Bumbu Food Security Agency Erna Kalsum in Batulicin.
The funds must be used for the manufacture and processing of nurseries, group demonstration plots and utilization of group members own yards.
This is where KRPL is developed by planting vegetables and fruits in their home yards. The vegetables and fruit they plant will support nutritional needs, so that the stunting will decrease.
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The program implemented by Tanah Bumbu proved to be able to reduce the prevalence of stunting seen from Nutritional Status Monitoring (PSG), as one of the parameters.
From the PSG data released by the Ministry of Health during the 2015 to 2017 period, the PSG rate in Tanah Bumbu Regency tended to decline. In 2015, the prevalence of stunting of infants aged 0-35 months reached 31.5 percent, in 2016 it stood at 25, 41 percent and in 2017 it dropped to 17.9 percent, while in 2018 it became 4.16 percent.
"Regarding the data, the regional government continues to press for the stunting number with the situation analysis, action plan activities, the action of 'stunting' discussion, and the village authority regulation on handling 'stunting'," he said.
