Denpasar (Antara Bali) - The Bali provincial government has allocated Rp4 billion in subsidies for organic fertilizers in an effort to increase their use in the 10,000 hectares of farmland under rice cultivation in the province.
"The amount of funds allocated from the regional budget this year is the same as last year's," said the head of Food Crops of Bali, Ida Bagus Wisnuardana, here on Thursday.
He stated that the subsidy would be given to farmers groups, among others, who had been producing organic fertilizers.
"Farmers groups and other producers of organic fertilizer (Simantri) have been selling their product at Rp 1,000 per kg," Wisnuardana noted.
Therefore, the local government will provide a subsidy of Rp700 per kg, after which the selling price would come down to Rp300 per kg, he continued.
That way, the price of the subsidized fertilizer would be lower than a similar fertilizer produced in another plant that sells it for Rp500 per kg, Wisnuardana said. (DWA/IGT/T007)
