Petani Mangga Pasuruan Didorong Antisipasi Impor
Mangoes Farmers of Indonesia`s Pasuruan Driven Anticipate Imports
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Pasuruan, Jawa Timur (B2B) - Potensi produksi mangga di Pasuruan, Jawa Timur tidak luput dari perhatian Direktorat Jenderal Hortikultura, Kementerian Pertanian dengan meninjau perkebunan mangga jenis Gadung Klonal 21 pada lahan seluas tiga hektar milik Santoso di Desa Oro-oro Ombo Wetan, Kecamatan Rembang.
Santoso mengatakan pekebunan mangga miliknya ditanami 100 pohon mangga per hektar atau total 300 pohon, dengan produksi maksimal tiga kwintal per pohon, dengan omset Rp150 juta sekali panen dari hasil penjualan Rp25.000 per kilogram, sementara panen mangga berlangsung sepanjang tahun.
"Hampir seluruh mangga saya matang di pohon sehingga disukai para pelanggan, yang bukan hanya datang dari Pasuruan dan kabupaten lain di Jawa Timur, tapi dari Medan di Sumatera Utara," kata Santoso saat berdialog dengan Direktur Jenderal Hortikultura, Spudnik Sudjono di Pasuruan pada Kamis (22/10).
Spudnik Sudjono berada di Pasuruan dalam rangkaian kegiatan Press Visit Ditjen Hortikultura di Jawa Timur untuk memantau dan mendorong peningkatan produksi sentra bawang merah, cabe merah, dan buah-buahan untuk mendukung pencapaian swasembada hortikultura. Tampak hadir Direktur Tanaman Buah dan Obat, Yanuardi.
"Pemerintah selalu mendukung produksi perkebunan milik rakyat khususnya di sektor hortikultura untuk meningkatkan produksi, khususnya mengantisipasi produk buah-buahan impor yang merugikan petani kita. Produksi melimpah didukung distribusi, dan pemasaran yang baik akan mendorong petani untuk terus berproduksi tanpa harus takut merugi," kata Spudnik.
Komitmen Spudnik terhadap produk hortikultura lokal teruji ketika para petani tomat di Garut, Jawa Barat meradang lantaran hargamjual tomat melorot hingga Rp2.000 per kg pada akhir Juni lalu, dia pun menyodorkan solusi dengan Torakur atau tomat rasa kurma, untuk memberi nilai tambah produk tomat sehingga tidak dibiarkan membusuk.
Pasuruan, Indonesia (B2B) - Potential production of mangoes in Pasuruan of East Java province be a concern the Indonesian government through the Indonesian Agriculture Ministry´s Directorate General of Horticulture
by visiting the the plantation mangoes of three hectares owned Santoso, a farmer in Oro-oro Ombo Wetan village of Rembang sub-district.
Santoso said his mangoes plantations have been planted 100 mangoes trees per hectare or a total of 300 trees, with a maximum production of three quintals per tree, with a turnover of 150 million once the harvest, the sale price 25,000 rupiah per kilogram, while the mangoes harvest takes place throughout the year.
"Almost all my mango ripen on the tree so popular among customers, who not only came from Pasuruan and other districts in East Java, but from Medan in North Sumatra," Santoso said during a dialogue with Director General of Horticulture, Spudnik Sudjono here on Thursday (10/22).
Mr Sudjono was in Pasuruan in a series of activities Press Visit to monitor and encourage increased production of red onion, red pepper, and fruits in the production centers to support the achievement of food self-sufficiency. Attending Director Fruit and Medicinal Plants, Yanuardi.
"The government has always supported the production of estates owned by the people, especially in the horticultural sector to increase production, especially in anticipation of imported products that harm our farmers. The production is supported distribution and good marketing will encourage farmers to keep producing without fear of losing money," he said.
Mr Sudjono commitment to the local horticultural products proven when the tomato farmers in Garut district, West Java province inflamed because the sale price of tomatoes dropped to 2,000 rupiah per kg at the end of June, he was handed a solution with snacks made from tomatoes as value-added products.
