The government will build a modern shrimp cultivation pond or model of integrated upstream and downstream cultivation (Integrated Shrimp Farming) in Palakahembi Village, Pandawai District, East Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Construction is targeted from 2024 to 2027, with a budget of US$ 500 million or approximately IDR 7.5 trillion. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) and the East Sumba Regency Government have reached an agreement. The Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Time Trenggono, said that the construction of this pond in East Sumba was carried out to grow the economy outside Java.
“We will build an integrated shrimp cultivation model in East Sumba, NTT to grow the economy and distribute it to Eastern Indonesia, not just Java,” said Trenggono, in his statement, quoted Thursday (8/2/2024).
The central and regional governments of East Sumba have signed a cooperation agreement on borrowing and using goods belonging to the region of East Sumba Regency and a Memorandum of Agreement between the Director General of Aquaculture and the Regent of East Sumba, which was carried out at the KKP Building, Tuesday (6/2/2024) yesterday.
Trenggono said that the construction of a modern and environmentally friendly shrimp pond model would be built on unused land to become productive land, in order to increase national production and employment, as well as provide a multiplier effect for local communities.
Director General of Aquaculture, TB Haeru Rahayu explained that the construction of a modern shrimp pond model in East Sumba will start from 2024 to 2027, with a budget of US$ 500 million or approximately IDR 7.5 trillion.
“This shrimp pond modeling was built by implementing Good Aquaculture Practices from upstream to downstream in one management, where every process carried out will apply the principle of eco-efficiency and prioritize the preservation of natural resources, controlling the impact of environmental damage, and involving local communities as actors. “The main thing is economic growth,” explained TB Haeru. TB Haeru also said that through the construction of a modern shrimp pond model in East Sumba, economic value of approximately IDR 3.4 trillion per year will be distributed and will be able to absorb a local workforce of around 4,730 people for upstream to downstream needs.
Integrated Shrimp Farming Development will be divided into 3 (three) Zones, namely: a) Upstream Zone (hatchery and feed factory); b) Onfarm Zone (intake channel, main reservoir, cluster reservoir, maintenance plot, outlet channel, Cluster WWTP and vegetation); c) Downstream zone (coldstorage, ice factory, and styrofoam factory).
February 8, 2024, detikFinance
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