Healthy Agriculture Demonstration Plot at Pasanggarahan Village, Farming Efforts with Awareness

Healthy Agriculture is an agricultural practice by reducing the use of chemical fertilizers and eliminating the use of chemical pesticides on the land. In practicing Healthy Agriculture, almost the majority of farmers have lack skills on the potential of surrounding materials that can be used for organic chemical fertilizers and also vegetable pesticides, due to lack of knowledge and assistance.

It is done with regular assistance from upstream to downstream as a form of effort to assist farmers to encourage Healthy Agriculture by increasing knowledge, skills, and maximizing the potential in surrounding environment.

In order to support Healthy Agriculture among farmers, a Healthy Agriculture Demonstration Plan was also held in the Cipatat Block, Pasanggrahan Village on Tuesday, (3/7/2021) by West Java Human Initiative in collaboration between CSR PT Tirta Investama Aqua Plant Subang and Agricultural instructors in Pasanggrahan Village, Kasomalang Sub-District.

The Demonstration Plot of Healthy Agriculture aims to show the whole process of Healthy Agriculture by providing support or assistance. So hopefully, the farmers of Pasanggrahan Village, Kasomalang sub-District, have a benchmark or pilot of farming methods by maximizing the surrounding materials and farming with awareness. Because many farmers are consciously not aware of the products they produce or only focus on the quantity they produce. Many farmers ignore the dose of chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides so that the chemical residues left behind in agricultural products can cause disease when consumed by humans and chemical residues left on agricultural land damage the ecosystem or nature.

Pak Soma, a farmer from Pasanggrahan Village who received the benefits of the support for Healthy Agriculture Practices, expressed his gratitude to the CSR team because with the support of Healthy Agriculture, he can produce healthier products, by at same time taking care of nature. He can also gain new skills and knowledge how to use surrounding materials for vegetable pesticides and organic fertilizers as well as some other knowledge about healthy agriculture.

For Danone Indonesia, the practice of Healthy Agriculture is a way to apply the concept of regenerative agriculture, which aims to slowly restore fertility and soil health on agricultural land. Regenerative agriculture is practiced by improving land cultivation systems, cultivation patterns, regulating water use, and other efforts so that agricultural land can become natural habitats for flora and fauna which will give benefit to farmers.

Hopefully the Healthy Agriculture Demonstration Plan can be carried out smoothly until the end. Healthy Agriculture Demonstration Farmers in Pasanggrahan Village can be role models in farming methods that can produce healthier quality, always protect the environment, and continue to increase the quantity of crops to inrease the welfare of farmers.