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West Java provincial le~el
BACKGROUND
Fish production in the RFFS decreased from 1974 to 1980, but increased from 1981
to 1990. This was mainly due to the development of floating nets at the Saguling,
Cirata, and Jatiluhur Dams for the growth of large-sized fingerlings. These
fingerlings can be reared in ricefields, either together with rice or after rice harvest.
Table 2 shows the production of freshwater fish and the share of fish produced from
ricefields in West Java from 1974 to 1989.
In 1990, the Provincial Government of West Java targeted 20,000 ha of
irrigated land for RFFS. Credit of IRP50,000/ha, in addition to the amount
allocated for rice cultivation, \tras provided to farmers who were willing to develop
RFFS. In 1991, the targeted area was increased to 22,000 ha. Forty-eight percent of
the total targeted area was concentrated in West Java. The success of the rice - fish
farming intensification program in West Java encouraged the government to make
RFFS a Bimas program at the national level. The targeted area of rice - fish farming
in the dry season (DS) of 1991 and the WS of 1991-92 was 46,000 ha and covered 14
provinces.
In West Java alone, this program required about 1 million fingerlings over
two seasons in 14 districts. Tasikmalaya required about 225,000 fingerlings and
Cianjur 200,000. These are about 50% of the total number of fingerlings needed for
the RFFS development program. West Java is targeted to have about 22,000 ha of
wet land or 48% of the total area of RFFS in Indonesia.
Subang District level
Binong Subdistrict has a population of 97,658. and more than 8896 of it work in the
agricultural sector. The lo\vland area is the most productive agricultural land in
West Java. It is located in the coastal area of Subang District. There are about
12,929 ha of agricultural land and the majority (10,297 ha) is irrigated. Subang
District is one of the main rice-producing regions in West Java.
In 1978-79, the cultivation of fish in ricefields was introduced. This farming
system consisted of three subsystems: fish grown with rice (rice-cum-fish), fish
between rice crops, and fish grown after the rice (rotational fish). The most widely
developed subsystem was rotational fish. The practice of running-water aquaculture
also gradually increased. However, the s~lpply of fingerlings from the rotational fish
farming system was inadequate and there was a constant gap between demand and
supply of fingerlings.
To support the development of the RFFS, particularly fingerlings, a village
extension model was developed in 1981-52 at Cicadas, Binong Sub-District.
Running-water aquaculture was practiced simultaneously, which also required large-