Kandangan, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Regent H Achmad Fikry instructed HSS government officials to buy local healthy rice produced by the Farmers Group (Poktan) Budi Bakti in Gambah Dalam Barat, Kandangan Sub-district.
He said by buying rice produced by the Budi Bakti Group, which had been packaged in two and three-kilogram packages, every month officials helped to market the healthy rice.
"The more this rice is known to the public, the more market demand will be, because the price is very competitive with ordinary rice in the market," he said, when launching the healthy rice after commemorating the Bakti Rimbawan Day, Monday (18/3).
He explained, rice from Budi Bakti Poktan was produced without using herbicides, but using organic fertilizer, so it was free of chemicals.
This healthy rice is an alternative staple food that can be tried by the community and it is hoped that this production can be followed by other farmers.
On that occasion, the Regent bought the healthy rice and was followed by the Deputy Regent of HSS Syamsuri Arsyad, Acting HSS Secretary H. Huberiansyah and the heads of Regional Device Organizations (OPD) within the HSS Government.
The launching of healthy rice in collaboration with Toko Tani Indonesia Center (TTIC) of the HSS District Food Security Service.
HSS Regent instructs officials to buy local rice
Selasa, 19 Maret 2019 6:06 WIB
The more this rice is known to the public, the more market demand will be, because the price is very competitive with ordinary rice in the market,