Harvested Area and Production of Paddy in Papua Barat 2019

The availability of timely and accurate agricultural data is the foundation for realizing targeted agricultural policies. Since 2018, BPS has collaborated with the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), supported by the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning / National Land Agency (Ministry of ATR / BPN), the Geospatial Information Agency (BIG), and the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (LAPAN), endeavors to improve the methodology for calculating rice harvested areas through the application of objective measurements by utilizing advances in information and communication technology as well as the availability of high-resolution satellite imagery. This collaboration is manifested in an activity entitled "Data Collection of Integrated Food Crops Agricultural Statistics with the Area Sampling Framework (KSA) Method" or better known as the KSA Survey. The implementation of the KSA Survey for rice commodities began to be implemented nationally in 2018. Segment observations were carried out on the last 7 (seven) days of each month.
Based on the results of the KSA Survey, in 2019, the rice harvested area is estimated at 7.19 thousand hectares or has decreased by 574.86 hectares (7.40 percent) compared to 2018. Meanwhile, rice production in 2019 is estimated at 29.94 thousand tons. MPD. If converted to rice, rice production in 2019 will reach around 17.90 thousand tons, or an increase of 2.97 thousand tons (19.93 percent) compared to rice production in 2018. In addition to producing estimates of harvested area, the KSA Survey also provides an overview related to other very rice phases, such as the area of ​​the early vegetative phase, late vegetative, generative, puso, and the area of ​​rice fields and fields that are not planted with rice.