Land resources at Sambas
City is region from island of pulau
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 perpper, cause pepper is commodities
which hight sales value, as well as clove, nutmeg, and
cinnamon. Perpper is spices which already to be merchandise the most
sought after on the world ever since thousands of year ago.
Pepper is the plants
originated from India, so that if for be expanded at Sambas have need of according furher more, even though from
aspect agroclimatology, natural conditions of Archipelago is very suitable. Most
areas district of Sambas is areas which relatively flat (degree of slope 0%-
15%) with extensive 468.196 hectare or 67,59%
of the entire region. So that cultivation of pepper which standing on
flat land necessary drainage for
avoiding pool, cause pool of waters be able decomposition of roots, especially
for nursling.
Cultivation of pepper
can be implemented at land which standing on level high under 600m dpl with
rainfall between 2.200mm up to 5.000mm
every year. While Sambas area has level high 26-100m dpl (for sub-districts on
Sejangkung, Sambas, Tebas, Selakau, Pemangkat, Teluk Keramat and Paloh) with
rainfall on Sambas district reach 3.973,50 millimeter.
Air temperature which
supports cultivation pepper about 20 degrees celcius up to 35 degrees celcius.
While Sambas area be based data from meteorological stations of Paloh, average
temperature is 26.74°C (between 23,53°C up to 31,74°C). The maxsimum air
temperature occur on May and July that is 33°C, while the minimum is 22,90°C
occur on February.
So, the conclusion that
explanation it is very imply for evolving production pepper in Sambas. And now
government of Kalimantan Barat, already realized that potention of natural
resources, and doing promote farmers for cultivate that pepper as
for any of the efforts which have been done is with offered pepper seedlingsfor
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, mulcing, up to manufacture stake. Moreover
do not let that plants attacked by pest and disiase. Pepper harvest usually can
be do it after that pepper is three year old.
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 cultivasion 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 cultivasion of pepper not always facile, therefore the
pepper farmers ought be 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.
