"Immediately give me the SK," Amran said when visiting the Koju sugarcane plantation owned by PTPN X and managed by PTPN XIV, Tuesday (4/25).
He continued, the reservoir will catch water to be used as optimally as possible by plants and existing cattle, not immediately returning to the sea. To maximize the reservoir, it will also assist in the procurement of horticultural and fruit plant seeds. "In a good reservoir fish livestock can also be developed and can meet the community's protein needs," he said.
Specifically regarding the productivity of sugar factories, the 5,000-hectare plantation has an average productivity of 70 to 80 tons per hectare and a yield of 6 to 7 percent. However, this is not enough, so improvements are needed to the system and plantation management.
He hopes that with serious improvements, the expansion of the plantation to the construction of a new sugar factory in Sulawesi can be realized. To note, Indonesia's sugar needs continue to increase.
Amtan admitted that this year alone Indonesia has a 3.6 million ton sugar deficit. "I am sure this can be resolved in the same way as other commodities," said the former employee of the PG Bone plantation.
He added, some of these commodities are rice, shallots, and corn, which can be resolved in less than three years. The stock of rice in the warehouse until now is 2 million tons and there were no imports in 2016. He stopped imports of shallots and reduced imports of corn by 66 percent.
The Bone Sugar Factory this year made a profit of Rp. 75 billion, Camming made an Rp. 65 billion profit, and PG Takalar made an Rp. 69 billion profit. However, it is not only profit that is taken into account, productivity, yield, and plantation management must also be increased. According to him, the ideal productivity is 100 tons per hectare with a yield of 10 percent per hectare.
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