KSA Survey June 2020

Area Sample Framework (KSA) Survey are carried out every month in the span of the last 4 or 7 days of each month. Like the previous months at the end of June, the officers took to the field to fight back to the rice fields, fields and fields. KSA Survey is an innovation in measuring harvest area in the context of improving crop production data involving BPS, Ministry of Agriculture, Geospatial Information Agency, BPPT, National Land Agency, and National Aeronautics and Space Agency. The KSA method is expected to be able to improve the harvest area data collection method based on the results of the eyes of the data collection officer (eye estimate) so that it can answer the provision of data and information that is accurate and timely to support the planning of the National Food Security Program. With the KSA method it is expected that harvested area data will be more accurate and timely. Through the KSA observation phase information can also be known harvest estimates for the next few months. Of course this is very useful for the government in determining national food program policies.

In KSA activities in Minahasa Tenggara Regency there are 26 KSA Paddy segments and 48 KSA Corn segments. Each enumerator will observe the growth phase of rice and corn in each sub-segment. The plant growth phase consists of initial vegetative, final vegetative, generative, harvesting, land preparation, puso, paddy fields and not paddy fields. Data collection officers use andorid-based applications, namely the KSA application to determine the growth phase and will take pictures with the application and upload them directly on the KSA server, so that the determination of the growth phase of plants by officers is also evidenced by visual images. So the officer must really come to the location of the observation.

In the Corona Virus Pandemic situation (Covid-19) KSA data is considered very important because it is used in estimating the availability of food data. The World Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) has warned of a possible threat to the world food crisis. The impact of the spread of the Corona virus (COVID-19) which is currently already affecting almost all countries in the world directly or indirectly will greatly disrupt the process of world food production. This food scarcity will force countries in the world to prioritize their domestic food needs. This certainly will greatly affect the pattern of global food distribution throughout the world. During this pandemic, almost all countries were very selective in the entry and out of the flow of goods and people to minimize the opportunity to spread COVID-19, including Indonesia.

Hopefully KSA's data collection in June will run smoothly and KSA officers will always be given safety and health.