SOUTH KALIMANTAN PROVINCE OF HARVEST AND RICE PRODUCTION IN 2020

The availability of timely and accurate agricultural data isfoundation to be able to realize agricultural policies that are right on target.Since 2018, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in collaboration with the National Statistics AgencyTechnology Assessment and Application (BPPT), supported by the Ministry ofAgrarian and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (Ministry of ATR/BPN), the Geospatial Information Agency (BIG), and the Aviation Instituteand the National Space Agency (LAPAN), seeks to improve the methodologycalculation of rice harvested area through the application of objective measurementby utilizing advances in information and communication technology as well asavailability of high-resolution satellite imagery. The collaboration is realizedin an activity entitled “Agricultural Statistics Data Collection”Integrated Food Crops with Area Sampling Framework Method(KSA)” or better known as the KSA Survey. Survey ImplementationKSA for rice commodities began to be implemented nationally inin 2018. Field observations of Rice Plant Growth Phase inKSA surveys are conducted on the last 7 (seven) days of each month. Based onBased on the results of the KSA Survey, in 2020, the rice harvested area is estimated to be289,836 hectares or decreased by 66,410 hectares (18.64percent) compared to 2019. Meanwhile, rice production in2020 is estimated at 1,150,307 tons of GKG. If converted torice, rice production in 2020 will reach around 677,105 tons,or decreased by 113,344 tons (14.34 percent) compared torice production in 2019