The Badung Regency Government, through the Department of Agriculture and Food, continues to educate farmers in Bumi Keris to utilize agricultural land and vacant land around their homes to produce productive agricultural products. As a form of support, the department distributed thousands of productive plant seeds such as coconut, durian, avocado, mangosteen, chili, eggplant, and flower seeds. The Head of the Department of Agriculture and Food acknowledged that the community's interest in obtaining assistance for plantation seedlings is currently quite high, both through subak abian (traditional water management organization) and farmer groups. The department also welcomed the community's enthusiasm for reutilizing agricultural land, including land behind houses or teba (traditional dryland farming), which is shrinking due to the increasing need for residential areas.
Since 2020, the department has distributed approximately 107 thousand seedlings of various types of plants. This was done because the demand for plantation commodities such as coconut, as well as the demand for avocados, mangosteens, and durians, continues to increase in the market. The demand for coconuts in Bali is particularly high due to its connection to religious ceremonies. To anticipate the demand for coconuts, especially for religious ceremonies, they have distributed around 6,000 productive coconut seedlings. If the distributed plant seedlings are well taken care of, it will start producing after approximately 3 to 4 years.
