Aceh Government Monitor Agricultural Cooperative Pond in East Aceh

Aceh Government Monitor Agricultural Cooperative Pond in East Aceh

Aceh Timur - Assistant II of Aceh Government, dr. Taqwallah reviewed Agricultural Cooperative of Tambak Sari in Gampong Matang Guru Kecamatan Madat, East Aceh, Monday, January 15, 2018.

This review is a series of work that Taqwallah undertakes to a number of places in Aceh's coastal areas to find out the various problems facing cooperatives in the region.

Cooperative engaged in the provision of seeds / saprodi for agriculture and shrimp ponds and milkfish was formed in 1999 and was awarded as the best national cooperative in the field of saprodi in 2009 by the Ministry of Cooperatives.

This cooperative has a membership of 71 people with assets of Rp. 300 million

From this visit, it is known that this cooperative produces superior variety of seeded seedlings of 260 tons per planting season. Here also provided saprodi (rice production facilities) for rice crops and shrimp and fish ponds

So far this cooperative has also cooperated with PT. Pertani and has a seed storage warehouse of 8 x 12 meters. There are also seed packaging machines and as much as two floors drying the size 20 x 20 meters.

However, based on the results of this visit is also known a number of problems faced by this cooperative. Among these, the existing drying floors are rated small enough to hold only 5 tons of cargo.

In addition, cooperatives also lack storage warehouses and still use traditional machines that affect the results obtained.

So far, cooperatives also need bailout funds to buy seeds from farmers

Following this, Taqwallah requested that the Cooperative Office facilitate efforts to strengthen the capital for the farmer group

The visit was also accompanied by elements of Disks of Aceh SMEs, Economic Bureau Elements, Head of Dagkop Atim, Madat Sub-district, Management and Members of Kop. Tambak Sari, Kec Sector Police Sub-precinct and Community Gp. Matang Guru

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