Area of ​​Rice Harvest and Production in Maluku Utara Province 2020

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 images. 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 2020, the rice harvested area in North Maluku Province is estimated to be 10,302 hectares or a decrease of 1,399 hectares (11.95 percent) compared to 2019. Meanwhile, rice production in 2020 is estimated at 43,383 tons of GKG. If converted to rice, rice production in 2020 will reach around 24,152 tonnes, or an increase of 3,027 tonnes (14.33 percent) compared to rice production in 2019. In addition to generating potential harvested areas, the KSA Survey also provides an overview of other very rice phases. such as the area of ​​the initial vegetative phase, late vegetative, generative, puso, and the area of ​​rice fields and fields that are not planted with rice.