Waiting for Agro Park in North Barito

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North Barito regency government (Barut), Central Kalimantan Province in 2009 master plan programmed for it (master plan) to target agro area reaches 50 hectares area.

"This area will agro tourism can serve as nurseries horticulture and tourism," said Plt Head of Agriculture Fisheries and Livestock Barut, Sunoto in Muara Teweh, Monday (7 / 9).

Location breeding centers hortikulura Barut's Regency is located on State Road 7 miles Muara Teweh - Puruk Cahu has been opened and planted with 15 kinds of fruit trees or 600 trees covering 11 hectares parent.

Sunoto say, gradually into the front area is expanded to reach 50 hectares that became one of the attractive location for agrotourism in rural districts Barito River.

"Content creation has done the master plan to stay execution of the field by the consultant," he said accompanied Kabid Agriculture, Roosmadianor.

Sunoto explained, the location is currently planted hundreds of trees of different varieties of durian is developed by grafting, and some have fruit.

When this area was still not able to visit the community for horticultural crops are still growing, so do not produce.

However, his side from now on continue to develop the site by creating a base image so that later the allocation area has functioned as horticultural plants are fruits.

"So from now on the site tour will be the center of the fruit both national and local species," he said.

Plants that developed them barked seedless, kelengkeng lowlands, local Cempedak, Cempedak king (without seeds) seed was imported from Malaysia, avocado, mango, orange Siamese, duku palembang, and rambutan, durian rapiah and hundreds of different varieties of both local and National winner

"For durian, we have local varieties of patented gantar earth became a national winner who developed a pattern ukolasi," he said.

In addition, too, has been developed medicinal plants and rare fruit that grows in the forest area to prevent extinction. "A number of medicinal plants and fruits that we planted with terracing system in the region berbukitan," he added.

Rare fruit that can only be found in the surrounding forest in Central Kalimantan, rural districts are among tangkuhis, siwaw, boelau, tangkaring, mangosteen and rare medicinal plants lanamon.Sedangkan including Saluang yet, pegs and crown the god of the earth.

Besides these two types of rare plants in the center also developed agro plant species that is empun-empun lemon grass, ginger, laos and a key meeting. "Especially for herbs are usually used as the Dayak people of health drinks and add excitement and enthusiasm," he said.