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Pilot Project for Fruit Plantation
Since December 1999, when we have routine problems in raw material especially banana fruits: the
farmers and suppliers could not fulfill our specification so we got many fault in production, low randoman because of bad
products; so we try more intensif in supervising the farmers and supplier.
We supervised them especially in harvesting and fruits treatment. Actually for some cases, the farmers
have more skill in fruit plantation. They just did not know what kind of banana or the specification that needed
for chips especially for export market. They also did not know how the best procedure in cropping the banana, the
best time, and the treatment after cropping from plantation to production places.
So in January 2000, for our need to supply El Puente Gmbh in Germany, we develop sample plantation.
We plotted Mr. Lutfiansah Arafat as our Fruit Plantation in Lumajang. He supervise many banana farmers in Senduro and Pasru
Jambe villages and even endorse them to build informal association among them to standardize the quality and prices.
Lumajang is potential for banana plantation especially around Mount Semeru; suitable
soils, height, humidity and temperatur. There are many best species here, from plantain to gold fingers. But it did not developed
yet. For example, for plantain banana, not more than 350 ha of land that have been developing as intensifly as banana plantation.
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Business Development Program
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Training for Product Development
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