The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is preparing a number of mitigation steps to face the potential of a long drought in 2026. The main focus is directed at maintaining food security in the midst of water constraints, especially for the urban agriculture sector.
Head of the DKI Jakarta Food, Maritime, and Agriculture Agency (KPKP) Hasudungan Sidabalok said that cross-sectoral coordination had been carried out to ensure readiness to face the condition.
"The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has carried out cross-sectoral coordination in determining mitigation steps to face the Long Drought 2026 with efforts to maintain food security in urban areas," said Hasudungan in his statement, Friday, April 24.
A number of steps have been prepared, ranging from encouraging the movement to plant alternative food crops to replace rice, to utilizing idle land owned by the Provincial Government to be planted with productive commodities. In addition, the government is also optimizing available water resources such as ponds, reservoirs, and rivers, as well as strengthening irrigation and drainage networks in urban areas.
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