By: Choirul Fuadi)*
CIDISS – The dropped price dramatically the rubber price commodity selling price in Central Kalimantan, made a number of rubber garden owners or farmers in the Regency Katingan, Central Kalimantan province lost patience after continue to losses. It’s been about 7 months the price of rubber is only sold for IDR 5000 is.
Then, they change their rubber plants, and plant other plant which more promising, such palm oil.
For example, Irwandi, a Rubber farmer in Kasongan, he changes his rubber garden and replaced it with oil palm. He assumed selling price of palm oil is more promising than the price of rubber.
It is also signed by a number of villagers Petak Bahandang, Tasik Payawan district, Katingan Regency; also replace the rubber plantations with Palm.
In fact, beside rubber gardens, not a few people who had to tripe the Rotan garden. This is because the rubber price and Rotan lately is very cheap. Now many oil palm crop than rubber or Rotan in the side road.
The dropped price of gum is actually also occurs nationally, including around the Central Kalimantan.
According to the Agency for assessment and application of technology (BPPT), the cause of dropped price because of following the trend of decreasing world oil price. The reason, synthetic rubber uses oil raw materials. The second reason is the abundance of supply of raw rubber, so the competitive price is weakened.