Pemko Solok is again intensifying market development and horticultural potential, especially ornamental plants in Solok City. "Because the potential of the City of Solok can be explored and optimized for its utilization to become more economically valuable," said the Deputy Mayor of Solok, Ramadhani Kirana Putra. It is known, in Solok City, the potential for horticulture is quite high, especially medicinal plants such as citronella and ornamental plants such as chrysanthemum, which are quite popular in the city. Moreover, ornamental plants have very large devotees. According to him, ornamental plants have enormous potential in the global market. And the digital system is becoming a new way to create better market exchanges.
Pemko Solok according to him will continue to encourage related agencies to create innovations to improve the welfare of farmers. This innovation can be a new opportunity to create jobs. He believes that floricultural products are an economic breath that can be developed by farmers to meet the needs of domestic and foreign markets (exports). "I see this is a potential, this potential has not been maximized by the community. But if you try to maximize it, it turns out that the impact is extraordinary," he said. Apart from developing export-oriented ornamental plants, he continued, the City of Solok can also collect other agricultural production in one corporation, so that it can meet market needs.
Even though land is limited, Solok City can take a role in the downstream/marketing section, Solok City can become a service city that can export products that have been collected from other regions. On the financing side, banks can play a role in supporting the development of ornamental plants. He asked the relevant agencies to provide continuous guidance to farmers, because the products produced are products with a clear market. All elements must be participatory and committed in responding to any obstacles or challenges, if you want to make Solok City a trader for all of its natural resources. All are actively moving to achieve the common goal of penetrating the agricultural commodity export market. "Farmers must optimally produce ornamental plants of international standard quality, banks must have the courage to invest in farming, because the marketing opportunities are huge, besides that the related OPD must also be able to provide enthusiasm and attention, we must be able to support each other," he said.
Source: https://padek.jawapos.com/sumbar/solok/01/03/2023/pemko-solok-serius-kembangkan-holticulture/
