Climate Field School (CFS) is one of BMKG yearly program has been established since 2007 until present day. In general, the CFS objective is to anticipate climate extreme by improving the farmers insight of BMKG’s climate & weather information and use the information for agriculture activity. In the early days, the CFS is focusing on rice farming. Rice is the majority of Indonesian main source of food. Therefore, the productivity & stability of rice production is one of the government of Indonesia’s main concern. However, in 2016, Ministry of Agriculture recorded from 8.2 million hectare of wetland, the ratio between irrigated and non-irrigated (mostly rain-fed) paddy field (wetland) is: 6:4. Its mean that there are 3.4 million hectare of wetland still depend on rain-fed as the main source of water.
Category: Climate Field School
The 1st step in answering the gap of climate & weather information services to build resilience
Weather and climate information services are one of the prerequisites for building resilience to climate change at the local government and community level. For regional decision makers, climate information needs to be a strong scientific base in planning and taking medium and long-term development decisions.