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.

The Quality of Rubber Plantations in Indonesia

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.

Disease in the Rubber Plant

disease in the rubber plant

 Abnormalities in the rubber plant is one of the important confounding factors than other interference problems, and sometimes even kadangkali can derail a growth business. rubber plant disorder can be found from the plants in a nursery until the parent plants that have been, from the root to the leaves. Cause of abnormalities in the rubber is generally caused by a fungus and there has been no other abnormalities caused by bacteria or other pathogens.
Pests and disorders of the rubber plantation to make the rubber plantations of the growing season until harvest time does not match that in the plan.
Here are a few pests and disorders at rubber plant:
A. Pest
- Lice
These pests are very many species generally attack plants are still small rubber that slow growth to a large and fertile, because the substances contained in the stems and leaves in suction simultaneously which eventually became dead rubber berlahan.
 - Termites
Termites in general began to attack the rubber plant from the roots of dead wood and the base around the stem of rubber
- Pigs and monkeys
For farmers who are still lots of open land around the rubber plantation forest pest species and takes the young shoots break the rubber plants can also sometimes break up the base of the rubber.

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.