Jakarta Acting Secretary Leads Melon Harvesting at Cilangkap Agrotourism

Jakarta Acting Regional Secretary, Sri Haryati led golden melons harvesting at Cilangkap Agrotourism, Cipayung, East Jakarta, Wednesday (1/6).

Today, we harvest 1,000 golden melons with weight about 1.3-1.5 kilograms for each melon

This harvesting activity was participated by related officials such as East Jakarta Mayor, Muhammad Anwar; Jakarta KPKP Agency Acting Head, Suharini Eliyawati; Jakarta KPKP Agency's Center for Seed Development and Plant Protection UPT Head, Ali Nurdin; Cipayung Sub-district Head, Fajar Eko Satrio; Cilangkap Urban Village Head, Nasir Sugiar; and other officials.

According to her, melon harvesting was carried out by implementing 3M (wearing mask, washing hands, and maintaining safe distance).

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"Today, we harvest 1,000 golden melons with weight about 1.3-1.5 kilograms for each melon," she said.

Currently, Jakarta KPKP Agency is currently collaborating with Agriculture Ministry in developing educational agrotourism.

It is done to develop agricultural business which are very popular with visitors and can be used by local residents for tourism and education purposes.

"Therefore, urban farming concept in Jakarta must be different. Such as introducing technology where people still can harvest excellent products even though the land is narrow and develop agriculture, tourism, and education sectors," he conveyed.

Meanwhile, Jakarta KPKP Agency's Center for Seed Development and Plant Protection UPT Head, Ali Nurdin mentioned, those golden melons were planted for approximately 72 days.

"All harvested melons will be sold to distributors who have partnered with us with price Rp 12,000 per kilogram," he added.

According to him, all melons were planted using hydroponic system which are in demand by most people. Because it has crispy texture and contains sugar which is adjusted due to the treatment using micro elements from plant nutrients.

"Thus residents who have diabetes still can enjoy this melon because it only contains sugar about 12.5 to 13 grams," he explained.