The Quality of Rubber Plantations in Indonesia
Countries actually do not need to increase the national rubber planting hectarage. Because the land of rubber Indonesia is the largest in the world, which is 3.4 million hectares (ha). Chairman
of the Estates Strategic Sustainable Development Forum (FP2SB), Achmad
Mangga Barani, said the increase in productivity become a major
emphasis.Indonesia rubber production is still less than Thailand which became number one with production of 2.6 million tons. National rubber productivity is still low with an average of only 0.8 tons perhektare (ha)."There
are still small compared to other Southeast Asian countries, Malaysia
and Thailand, which had reached 1.5 to 1.7 million tons of thoughtful,"
he said at Hotel Kartika Chandra, Jakarta, Monday (26/9).While
the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Krisnamurthi, said the national
rubber productivity is still below one ton is very unfortunate. He explained there are two other factors must be considered to improve the competitiveness of Indonesian rubber.
