NATIONAL COUNCIL SUGAR PALM, WHETHER NEED?

NATIONAL COUNCIL SUGAR PALM, WHETHER NEED? 
By: Dian Kusumanto 

Is Mr. Drs. H. Rusfian, MM. Deputy Secretary General of HKTI Center in Jakarta through his SMS he has a determination to coerce the Council and the national sugar palm. He is also optimistic because the sugar palm should get the attention that such a large and because the main advantage. He also agrees with the expression that the sugar palm, which have the prospect of gold JOB PRO, PRO-POOR, PRO-GROWTH & PRO PLANET, he even added the PRO HEALTH. 

However appreciation of the development of palm sugar is so often the author received since the inception of this blog kebunaren.blogspot.com. Although much previous writers have tried the sugar palm discourse in this environment is the author of course still very limited. Decisions that can not TRUBUS Magazine as the media, including the author often move to more intensive and more attention to manage information about this sugar palm. Some private institutions, such as the Foundation Masarang, DIVA'S Forward Together, Cooperative Business Solutions Business Like Jaya, and also many other institutions also enliven the National World sugar palm. 

About the need to begin the formation of the National Council of palm sugar is based on several considerations, among others: 

1. Prospects Agribusiness sugar palm the most promising potential superior compared with other commodities.

2. Commodity palm sugar is in harmony with the various national issues concerning the Food and Energy, because the sugar palm can support the Food Self Sembada through sugar substitutes to the needs, pressures to reduce the use of the land crops from sugar cane-based sugar industry, the potential of niranya that can be processed into biofuel alias bioethanol with higher productivity. 

3. Commodity sugar palm, known as the commodities that have been reliable in building the economy in the past in some areas, it is still unreliable in some areas. Main products and other products from sugar palm very closely with economic development, the industry can be managed by the people, handicrafts from all the products can absorb such a large number of workers. 

4. In an era where environmental sustainability and the balance of nature to threaten the life of the planet, then there is immediately deemed necessary restructuring of the pattern selection agribusiness harmonized commodity environment. Where is the economic aspects (agribusiness) achieved at the same time the environmental factors remain intact can be sustainable. For the palm sugar, known as the plant that is not 'selfish', can ber'kolaborasi 'with other kinds of plants, especially during early growth. The flowering is continuously throughout the many years used to maintain the honey bee, the community around the forest can be enough to take advantage of economies of sugar palm that grows there. 

5. At the time in some areas are eager to develop non-food commodities, industrial estates sekala large (such as Oil Palm, Rubber, etc.). Then these regions are actually build a seimbangan. For when the non-food commodities, while rampant commodity pangannya tersisihkan, the food is very dependent region from other regions. At the moment there are circumstances where other areas protektif also with the stock pangannya then it will become a threat to the region that are not independent pangannya. Not yet on the export of commodities such as non-food materials decreased prices or demand, the economic conditions of these regions can be decreased drastically, a local economic crisis. With this consideration the diversity of commodity-based food and non food into consideration. Palm sugar in this can become a commodity penyeimbang, because the sugar palm can be directed to the food industry and non-food. 

6. Development of palm sugar now is still initiated by the institutions non-government, even only by the personal-personal independently, the attention the government is still very poor. Agricultural Research & Development Agency is also still not mengagendakan research and development of sugar palm, Research Universities also are not covered in palm sugar. Therefore the National Council of sugar palm, which is expected later this can encourage the Government, the Ministry of Agriculture, Research & Development Agency, Universities, Private Institutions for researching, developing palm sugar and all products into a new security product that is very profitable. 

7. Management development of palm sugar is very important because of the threat from the claim that Malaysia is now hard-working but very secretly develop the sugar palm. Claims that a patent can only be processed products such as sugar crystals, palm sugar, sugar palm sugar syrup, sugar instant with a mixture of diverse taste, soy-based palm sugar, until the products are processed fiber-based ijuk from sugar palm. Such materials industry and handicrafts made from palm sugar palm leaf rib. With the National Council of palm sugar, then can be expected to share the role and tasks for whom what, and when it should start and when the results can be obtained. The Board of palm sugar with a national stake holders that there will also be preparing the Road Map National Development sugar palm. 

8. etc.. 

Rev. .... if so the National Council of sugar palm should have been born so that not too long again. After birth to quickly understand the role and tasks, fast moving, but still systematic and strategic. National Council of palm sugar is also expected to be able to convince the Government and all Stake Holder in the field of development of palm sugar to each other can work together to develop palm sugar. In SMSnya Pak Rusfian also propose to the National Council of sugar palm by the people 'strong' in the business development of the national sugar palm. He not forget one mentions the name of Mr. Hashim Djojohadikusumo, a national figure, the big national generate a lot of moving the national sugar palm. 

How do you think?