Farmers in Majalengka Urged to Accelerate Planting

Farmers in Majalengka Regency are requested to accelerate planting in the second planting season (MT II). This acceleration is being carried out considering that the dry season is arriving earlier and lasting longer.

The Head of the Food Security, Agriculture, and Fisheries Office (DKP3) of Majalengka Regency, Gatot Sulaeman, explained that his office has instructed agricultural field extension workers to immediately coordinate with farming groups and farmers in their respective areas.

“At present, not all farmers have completed harvesting. They will only carry out the MT I harvest because they were previously delayed in planting due to uneven rainfall. These include areas in Jatitujuh Subdistrict, Ligung, and parts of Kertajati that did not receive irrigation water supplies,” he stated on Wednesday (8/4).

Farmers, he continued, are urged to immediately plant in MT II once they have finished harvesting MT I. This advice is given in line with notifications from the BMKG stating that the dry season is expected to occur earlier.

“All field officers have coordinated, especially for rain-fed paddy field areas that usually plant twice because they rely on rainfall for irrigation,” Gatot revealed.

However, he added, in Majalengka Regency at present, there are also agricultural areas that are harvesting. The harvested area reaches 31,253 hectares, producing up to 204,261 tonnes of unhulled rice.

“This data is from January to March 2026,” he explained.

The West Java Climatology Station has released the Dry Season Prediction for 2026 for the West Java region. Based on atmospheric dynamics analysis and climate prediction models for the 1991–2020 normal period, this year’s dry season is predicted to arrive earlier than normal, with rainfall characteristics dominated by below-normal levels in most areas.

The onset of the dry season is predicted to occur gradually from March to June 2026, with most areas entering the dry season in May 2026.