Regent Bintan, Ansar Ahmad, Wednesday (23/12) early harvesting corn in the village of Ekang Anculai, Sebong Gulf. Harvesting corn early in one hectare of land is the result of the presence of undergraduate tuition Rural Development Activator (SP3) Bintan regency."Thank God, this first harvest could produce 13 thousand ears of corn," said Nasution Arsuhara Yopa, officers Ekang Anculai Village SP3 to Batam Pos, yesterday.
Yopa delivered, although the village was known as Ekang Anculai farmland and supported the existence of adequate land for farming, but land use for agriculture is still not optimal.
In fact, a lot of fertile land that is left for granted. As officers SP3 Village Ekang Anculai, Yopa challenged to develop community economies through the utilization of unused land.
For the initial stage, he invited a group of farmers working on an area of one hectare of land to plant corn. The result, pretty good. Even the attention mendaparkan Bintan Regent Ansar Ahmad, who attended the first harvest with the head of DPRD Bintan Sarihi and Lamen Bay Head Sebong Ramlah.
After harvesting corn Yopa convey his side with village farmers will plant Ekang Anculai sweet. This increases the economy citizens.
Meanwhile, Ansar Ahmed told his praise for the success of this SP3 program.
Ansar hoped that the project budget funded by this Kepri further enhanced. As efforts to improve the living standard of farmers in Bintan
