Sawit
Hy everybody,how about you today, i was share to to you about sawit,
sawit ia one good commodity for some farmers in Jambi. Over time the average age of oil palm trees in some areas in Jambi has been more than 20 years, so it requires a long rejuvenation to be able to reproduce.
This rejuvenation preparation process is a problem for some farmers. Because, there is a pause of two to three years until the palm tree can bear fruit and harvest. Farmers have to rack my brain to find additional sources of income during the rejuvenation process.
"For the preparation of the rejuvenation process, we are trying to find income alternatives by producing compost from palm waste," said Supari, one of the villagers of Kempas Village - Tebing Tinggi Sub-district, Tanjung Jabung Barat District.
According to the man who is also chairman of Mekar Jaya Farmer Group, with 30 members of the group, Mekar Jaya farmer group can produce compost or organic fertilizer up to one thousand tons per month. Turnover is tolerable, can reach Rp 1 billion.
He explained, in the process of making compost, farmers first collect waste oil. One of them is the midrib of palm tree. The palm stem is then crushed until smooth using a crusher. To then mixed with cow dung.