Sugar-based palm sugar factory, why not?

Sugar-based palm sugar factory, why not?

During this Sugar Factory (PG) still rely on sugar cane as the raw materials. Since the beginning of the establishment, the Dutch colonial government at the time that promote sugar cane, planting materials with a system of force. Moreover, since sugar cane detects miraculous, namely POJ 2,878 varieties resistant to disease sereh in the year 1921 is able to achieve productivity Sugar crystal (GH) 10.5 tons / ha. Then increased again to 15.1 tons per ha GH. 

The Dutch colonial government more enthusiastic again because the sugar from the region jajahannya this is the State capital to build the windmill. So found POJ again in 3016, which in 1940 reached the highest productivity GH, which is 17.63 tons / ha. At that time the subject crystal sugar production reached 1.6 million tons, and export as many as 1.1 million tons. 

Twelve years after the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, namely 1957, the Indonesian Government take over all of PG which were previously dominated the Netherlands. The situation changes, which do not apply again forced planting resulted in the decreasing area of planting sugar cane that is living 70-80 thousand hectares with the production of just 0.7 million tons. 

Since the New Order with Pelita I, the government tried again turned the sugar industry. But then found variety PS 41 in the year 1965, which can push up production reached 1,024 million tons, and increase the productivity of sugar crystal to be 10.0 tons / ha. TRI Program (sugar cane intensification people) to pledge new efforts to stimulate the sugar industry, until 1970, the area reached 26,714 ha. 

TRI program could be a program to support farmers, but on the other hand, less profitable for the sugar company, which is managed by the most PTP-PTP and the sugar company private. Proved in 1975, the productivity of sugar crystal dropped to 9.76 tonnes / ha, and down again to only 6.55 tonnes / ha in 1980. 

Although already established Indonesian Sugar Council in 1972, a sugar Indonesia still has not recovered as at the time of Dutch colonial past. Therefore, PG-PG newly built outside Java until 1981 until the year 1986. This makes the government issued Presidential Decree No. 28 of 1982 to stimulate the national sugar Industry, by encouraging the TRI Programme, Rehabilitation PG, PG build outside Java and repair price of sugar policy. 

Since finding a new superior varieties in 1982, the M 154, PS 6, M 442-51 national sugar production gradually increased again. Until 1987, the crystal sugar production reached 2.11 million tons, with a land area of 333,975 hectares of sugar cane wide. The situation is almost the equal of national production in the year 1932, but the acreage planted almost doubled, half of them are in the dry land. Because many sugar cane planting in dry land productivity resulted in an average that sugar crystal decreased namely only 6.34 tons / ha, the number rendemen average of only 8.21%. 

On the other availability of land increasingly compete with commodity crops such as Rice, Corn, Soybean prices are better. Food security policy making policy directions for the use of the land area of sugar cane to be threatened. But then the development of sugar cane led to dry land. 

However, this is not solve the problem, because the productivity of land, which cause less profit PG also not sexy. A very large investment to build the new PG-PG, so long will be able to restore their capital. Development of Sugar Factory cane-based investment required is very expensive, can be reached Rp 1.2 trillion for 5000 TCD capacity. 

Sugar cane production data in 2002 showed that the East Java dominate almost 50% of the national sugar cane production, 33% outside of the rest are in Java, Central Java, in Jogjakarta and West Java. Because the PG and PG-cane land area, there are many in East Java. Land for sugar cane in Java compete with most commodity crops, because most of the planted rice fields diareal the beririgasi. Alone with the sugar cane land outside Java, which mostly in the dry land. 

Circumstances that sugar cane is based can not seem to have more reliable. Efforts by the efforts have been made, but the fact decreased fertility of land, causing the productivity of land also decreased. Furthermore the equipment fathers PG, so do not make industry more efficient. 

Factory sugar-based sugar palm, why not? 
Why should palm sugar? 

Palm sugar (Arenga pinnata, Merr.) Is a plant native Indonesia, almost all in the Indonesian archipelago, there is sugar palm trees. This means that this distination sugar palm in Indonesia and can overcome the problems bequeathed by the colonial Dutch. 

Even the prospect of gold sugar palm tree has been since the days of the Kingdom of Mojopahit already known. Palm sugar to become an important commodity trade era kingdom first. Up until the time is diisyaratkan Wali Songo by Kanjeng Sunan Bonang when he was robbed by hooligan Lokajaya. I wonder when asked for his Kanjeng Sunan Bonang then appoint a sugar palm tree in the near hooligan Loka Jaya, where the sugar palm tree is like a gold-luminous glossiness. Fruit such as gold, also of the tree so the gold, all the sugar palm tree is changed into gold. 
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Usually palm sugar was tapped to sweety water trees. Roomie palm sugar into a sweet, refreshing drink. Can also be processed into sugar. Traditionally roomie palm sugar processed into palm sugar, brown sugar or palm sugar. Now with recent technologies  roomie palm sugar can be processed into crystal sugar or white caves, such as sugar from sugar cane. 

And where the benefits of palm sugar? 

During this palm sugar is not used to maximum efficiency. Even advantage is not that much to know. However, many farmers have been utilizing the sugar palm that grows wild in gardens or in the surrounding forest to diambl roomie, ijuk, palm leaf rib, forth and so forth. They have not estated intensively, so that maximum benefits are not yet available. 

Palm sugar can tapped sweet water tree twice each day. A day can be accrued 5, 10 to 40 liters each roomie tree. However, sometimes, sugar palm tree to stop roomie, as bunches of flowers that have been issued roomie sadapan chipped out and a bunch of new disadap not ready, then there is a waiting period. 

If this etated more intensive, such as Oil Palm course will provide a higher level again. From the population of 250 trees per hectare, after a period of at least productive, can disadap about 100 trees per day. If the average of 10 liters per tree only, means roomie will be around 1.000 liters / ha / day. If calculated yearly production of 360,000 liters a roomie / ha. 

Roomie palm sugar is not processed into sugar. If processed into crystal sugar or sugar-white rendemnnya around 12%, meaning the land of palm sugar sehektar will generate 12% x 42,200 = 360,000 liters kg of crystal sugar per year. Try to compare with one hectare sugar cane plantation only produce sugar crystal under 10 tons / ha / season. Moreover, sugar cane, which reached the age of 16 months, so if calculate year in a live production of three quarter. 

The actual figure 42.2 tons / ha / year, the figure is relatively low, because taking the average of the plants that grow naturally, has not managed intensively. Therefore, these figures are very safe. This is the advantage. So to reach 4.22 million tons of sugar, we only enough to open only 100,000 hectares. Compare with sugar cane land that is required about six times. 

Is there more advantage when the sugar palm the basis of commodities PG? 

Yes, sugar palm does not require a flat land, especially rice field irrigation. No! Enough sugar palm planted in the land of sloping, dry land, the land in the river near groove, in the canyon, cliffs. This means that if the sugar palm so PG commodity base will not compete with food crops acreage. 

In addition, investment-based PG roomie palm sugar is not based PG semahal when raw sugar cane. This means that the PG-based sugar palm will be a PG-PG the tiny and more flexible investment with a very cheap. Thus, the unit cost of sugar at the factory level to be very competitive, PG become very profitable. Union is also benefited because the productivity per hectare sugar crystal growth is very high, far above the sugar cane laborers. 

Farmers irrigated field, which is oppressed by the policies required planting sugar cane, a plant freely choose the most advantageous for himself. Can return to the rice with 2 to 3 times a year in the plant. The area of paddy field digunaka for example, 200,000 hectares of sugar cane, rice fields means that the 6 tons / ha to 3 times, planting, there will be additional production of 3.6 million tons of paddy harvest dried with rice or equivalent of about 2 million tons. 

2 million tons of rice? 

The figures are fantastic at the food needs will be increasingly crucial. For the food business to be very complicated, because it related to economic affairs, monetary, social and political. Yes .. crisis that occurred in 1997, originally also due to the food crisis, and then spread to the hampered-monetary, economic, political, security is ultimately up to become not guaranteed. But with that movement of sugar industry from sugar cane to sugar palm, it will be to restore the barn pamor Indonesia as the world's food. 

In addition to the opening of sugar palm plantations in the region, which will turn the empty real economic impact is very knowledgeable in the area. Not to the establishment of the new PG-PG-based sugar palm, it will absorb the labor that many. In sehektarnya sugar palm plantation workers needed about 4-7 persons. So, will be opened in case of 100,000 ha, the energy that is absorbed will be between 400,000 to 700,000 workers. Yet again the need for labor in the PG-PG, which is newly built. 

Sin is what we do for this? 
So we realized that new? 

Should we think terbelenggu by the remnants of Colonial Dutch. That have forced farmers to plant, which forces the paddy fields for rice and other crops planted immigrants, namely sugar cane that is not to be memakmurkan people, peasants Indonesia. Really, should the sugar cane farmers more prosperous. That does not happen, that the more sugar cane-based sugar industry is creating labor-farm laborers, factory workers, laborers, land for the reduced fertility, etc.. 

Why do not we remember the return signal Kanjeng Sunan Bonang has been appointed the sugar palm tree is a gold prospect. Why? Why? 

Yes .. as a song lyric Ebiet G Ade, we ask that teeter on the grass!