FARMERS ASKED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF RUBBER

 FARMERS ASKED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF RUBBER

Barat Bangka farmers, the province of the Pacific Islands, are required to improve the quality of rubber to keep prices stable. The request was presented the Forestry and Plantation Barat Bangka.
"Many farmers are not able to maintain quality by increasing the use of alum and water mixture, so that low-quality rubber," said Head of Estates on Barat Bangka Dishutbun, Darmono in Muntok, Sunday (20/11).

"Rubber Chips" Spectacular Energy Sources

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 Rubber Chips

Princeton University engineers can take advantage of the films (thin layer) of naturalrubber so sophisticated tools to power mobile phones and other electronic devices. Chips of rubber material, they also turn it into chips that are able to follow the movements of body flexibility, such as respiratory movements, walking, even into energy pacemakers.

Rubberchips are converted into material composed of ceramic nanoribbons and then implanted into a silicon rubber sheet and capable of generating electrical energy when flexed and highly efficient in converting mechanical energy into electrical energy. Placed near the lungs, the sheet of material containing this energy can help the movement of respiratory or cardiac pacemakers. This will avoid the need for battery replacement after surgery.

Rubber plantations: Indonesia to establish cooperation with Thailand and Malaysia

Rubber plantations: Indonesia to establish cooperation with Thailand and Malaysia

 
 To control the price of rubber in the international market. The three countries agreed to form the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) is the organization that regulates the supply (supply) and demand (demand) that affect the world rubber price fluctuations, said Director General of Plantations Achmad Mangga Barani in Jakarta. Mangga Barani said Indonesia set a floor price or the lowest benchmark level of U.S. $ 1.6 per kilogram, and the tripartite agreement has been running since six years ago, while the benchmark price related evaluation per year. If the price falls below the level of U.S. $ 1.6 per kilogram (kg), the three countries will simultaneously reduce the production and supply to world markets, obviously Mangga Barani. He said if rubber prices below U.S. $ 1.6 per kg then there should be no country that sells. Current prices are in the range of U.S. $ 3.2 per kg, so the three countries are free to sell their products. Thus, Manggabarani said, when the price is below the benchmark, then the three countries joined the International Tripartite Rubber Council or the ITRC was not allowed to sell gum, and even take action to reducing the production of rubber. It was to keep the price of rubber in the international market is down, he said.

Rubber Plantation

Has a rubber plantation business is related to the natural conditions and the ability of the rubber tree itself in producing sap. Of course the main task of caring for a rubber plantation is how to keep the rubber trees remain healthy and productive in generating.Maintenance of treesGeneral maintenance performed on the rubber tree plantations include weed control, fertilization and eradication of tree diseases. 

1Handled of weedsrubber acreage, both immature trees or trees already producing such weeds must be free of weeds, Mekania, Eupatorium, etc. so that trees can grow well. 

2.Program fertilization In addition to the base that has given fertilizer at planting, fertilizing program on an ongoing basis on rubber trees should be done with a balanced dose administration twice a year. Fertilization schedules on which I semeseter in February and in the second semester is July . A week before fertilization, gawangan first raked and cleaned the disc tree. Granting SP-36 is usually done two weeks in advance of Urea and KCl.

Rubber Plantation

Rubber Plantation

Rubber Plantation

Rubber tree is best grown in tropical climates. Rubber farming can be a very lucrative business. Hevea brasiliensis or Para Rubber Tree is simply called as rubber tree. Life of a rubber tree is more than 100 years, however the economical life of rubber tree is about 32 years. Rubber trees convert inorganic nutrients from the soil, and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, into organic carbohydrates which are then turned into rubber latex. Once the latex production becomes uneconomical, the trees are cut and replaced with new ones. Rubber plantation is a sustainable source of rubber as well as timber, contributing positively to the environment.

The structure of the vessels in rubber wood permits easy and effective preservative treatment.

Eventually, rubber trees were found to grow well in the European colonies in Asia. French Indo China, (Viet Nam), Thailand and Hynan Island off the China coast.