The Regent of Banjar Regency H Khalilurrahman, did the first harvest of dragon fruits in the Office of the Bapeluh of Banjar Regency, Tuesday (15/3).
This Fruit originly in China who enter to the territory of Indonesia in 1977, successfully cultivated by the technical staff of Bapeluh of Banjar Regency in the yard office as an example of utilization of the yard.
Present at the event, Head of Bappelu Edy Hasbi, Head of Distanbunak Dondit Bekti A, Head of Public Relations of Banjar Regency Rahmaddin MY, as well as the agrucultural extensions in Banjar Regency.
H Khalilurrahman in his speech said, the fruit that tastes good is one kind of plant that is very easy to grow and develop in tropical areas such as Banjar Regency. In its maintenance did not have to get preferential treatment.
For that, he hopes that this plant can be a plant that can be developed by any civil servant (PNS) in the Banjar Regency by utilizing their house yards, because in addition to having benefits for the family because the fruit is rich in fiber, vitamins and minerals that have a lot functions for health, it also serves as an ornamental horticultural because of the beauty of the tree.
In addition, to introduce these plants to the public, due to the Banjar district, these plants are not widely known.
“Later I will set out to make the dragon fruit plants as crops developed by the people of the general public. It aims to sustain and improve the community economy. Because the dragon fruit has a very good marketing prospects in areas outside “, he said.
In this case, he also hoping to agricultural extension workers to be able to continue to campaign for the plant to develop in every land instance center for Agricultural Extension office (Balai Penyuluh Pertanian / BPP) in each district.
In this activity he also had the opportunity to plant a date palm (pohon kurma) as a symbol of the unity of Banjar as a city of Bumia Serambi Mekkah that prosperous and barokah. (Reza / Iwin/Boma)