Mixed Rubber Plantation Management System

Average tapped rubber plantations began at the age of 10-15 years. Slash and methods used for the maintenance of rubber plantations is a method of slash and clearing the hall with the frequency of irregularities. Since the last 3 years, the people doing an intensive cleaning of the garden in an old rubber plantation to plant rubber with insertion system.
Most of the rubber farmers in this village own initiative to make rubber nurseries (private owned) to meet the needs of rubber planting in the garden each. Plant species are allowed to live in the garden include Medang, chelates, meranti, jelutung and other economic types. Farmers tend to maintain some economically valuable tree species such as kempas, keranji, meranti, jelutung, chelates.

Average days per week in the village of tapping this is 4 days. Productivity of rubber to rubber plantations aged> 50 years with about 50 sticks a rubber / ha is about 3 kg / ha / day, due to low production in the old garden is mostly old rubber plantation tapped again. Rubber plantations about 35 years old with 250 rubber stems / ha can produce 15 kg / ha / day, while the 20-25 year old rubber plantation with 500 rubber stems / ha can produce 25 kg / ha / day (which is the maximum production).
Wood that is in the rubber plantation is usually used for personal purposes or if there are others who need it can be taken. There is currently a lot of trees that are sold from an old rubber plantation. In addition to rubber and wood, other products produced from the rubber plantation of fruits.
For farmers who do not have a productive garden or orchard of low productivity workers will be tapping other people's gardens that can also function as a toke with a system for the 1: 3 (two thirds for tapping laborers and 1/3 toke). Labor needs of tapping before the leads are sold / borrowed from the toke will be weighed. Responsibility for tapping laborers to the garden is very small, ie tapping routines and clear the road, while others are the responsibility of the owner (an important timber and the fruit plantation owner's rights). When the owner asked for eavesdroppers to clear the land usually by paying in accordance with the prevailing wage (daily or wholesale) or in accordance with the agreement. Eavesdroppers may only take firewood or take other results in small quantities for personal consumption, but if you want to take in large quantities (timber, fruit) bug must request permission from the owner. In simple terms it can be said that the management of the garden is entirely on the owner and tapping rubber tapper was limited.
Management of young rubber plantations began intensively with larger investments such as purchasing seeds, fencing, regular cleaning and, for example slashing bushes done 2 times per year in young rubber on rubber while the parents just cleared the aisle alone. Intensity of an old rubber plantation is lower than in young rubber plantations, is because produkstivitasnya levels began to decline (age and number of stems less productive). Such conditions occur when management farm management is not done well, a factor that accelerates the damage the garden are:

    Control of the ownerIf the owner does not control ordinance workers in the conduct wiretaps tapping rubber trees in accordance with the recommended rules will cause damage to the stem that eventually led to a falling tree and died.

    InsertionTo avoid a reduction in the density of the rubber tree as early as possible is to prepare / sow the seeds of rubber to be used as an insertion.

    Capital / investmentFacing reduced revenues and increased demand, capital reserves or investments must be made.

    Engineering Application of plantationPlantation owners sometimes pay less attention to musimmusim / weather is not good either in addition to intercepting technically insufficient understanding of rubber cultivation.