Archipelago
be know as “The Kolam Susu” cause in there land can be growing any kind of
plants. That is not wonder, temperate on this place is tropic.
Land resources
at Sambas City is region from island of
Kalimantan which climate is tropical,, that make sunlight
shining throughout the year dash land in this area. This condition indeed is potentional towards be used for the
sake of growing establishment local farming.
Various kinds
of plants be able to be growing prolifically at the tropic land, one of which
is pepper. As for occasion for evolving pepper, cause pepper is commodities
which hight sales value, as well as
clove, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Pepper
is spices which already to be merchandise the
most sought after on the world ever since thousands of year ago.
And now
government of Kalimantan Barat, already realized that potention of natural
resources. They have doing promote
farmers for cultivate that pepper as for any of the efforts which have been
done is with offered pepper seedlings for free to farmers through program
government.
For cultivation
of pepper is not enough if just be planted, be required treatment like
fastening tendrils of vines, weeding, watering, fertilization, mulching, up to manufacture
stake. Moreover
do not let that plants attacked by pest and disiase.
The farmers
ought knowed technique of pepper cultivation well, so that plant can growing
with optimal and presenting the best yields, therefore the pepper farmers
needed guidance agricultural extension.
Yields of
cultivation of pepper ussually
can be doing after plants 3 or 4 year old. Harvesting can go on until plants 15
year old or more. At first the pepper fruit colored is light green then turn to
dark green, and furthermore turn to fulvous.
On its way, on
cultivation of pepper not
always facile, therefore the pepper farmers ought be not only ready to gain profit,
but also ready to admit if the plants attacked pest and disease or stricken
natural disasters or everything which may occur. But certainly able and ready
does not mean resigned but must capable for preparing preventing or minimizing
everything which is disserve.
That
is all which I convey on this opportunity,..
for your attention,... I say thank you very much.