{"id":5594,"date":"2023-10-24T07:33:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T07:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/?p=5594"},"modified":"2025-05-27T04:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T04:16:51","slug":"adopting-better-practices-of-rubber-tapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/en\/adopting-better-practices-of-rubber-tapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopting Better Practices of Rubber Tapping"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5594\" class=\"elementor elementor-5594\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a4141e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a4141e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-881acdd\" data-id=\"881acdd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a9df85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38a9df85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In many villages around Central Kalimantan rubber tapping is a profession that has been passed down from generation to generation. One of them is Pilang in Pulang Pisau Regency, where around 70% of households cultivate rubber. Pak Jonedy, the head of one of the neighborhoods, harvests latex from the trees in his small plantation of more than 40 ha that he inherited from his family. Three times a week, he takes his <em>kelotok <\/em>(small boat with a motor) up the Kahayan River for 30 minutes to get to his plot, which is secluded by natural forest lying on shallow peat. On a typical day he makes new incisions on the trees along one path then goes back to the starting point and applies the coagulant to the containers that are full of latex, which then hardens after 2-3 hours. This practice has remained virtually unchanged over the past 50 years<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-5595\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.499267935578331; width: 840px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-087-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-087-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-087-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-087-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-087-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-087-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-087-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p><\/p>\n<figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>With every new incision, the latex would flow out for half a day.<\/em><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May and June, Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta held two training sessions for the smallholder rubber farmers in Pilang. One was about how to deal with pests and disease that attack the trees and the other focused on how to improve the quality of the latex that they produced. PT Kahayan Berseri, the company that buys rubber from the farmers, was involved in the training. This is the first time that the farmers received any formal training for rubber farming. They learned of a better method that would improve the quality of the latex product.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-91a4497 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"91a4497\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fa8f99\" data-id=\"3fa8f99\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ff762e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ff762e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Better Quality Rubber\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b067c59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b067c59\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d19a07\" data-id=\"4d19a07\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c2aa5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c2aa5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What determines the price of the product is the amount of DRC (dry rubber content).\u00a0 Normally, the latex that is collected is left out in the open. It is submerged in water and foreign objects are added to increase its weight, in the hopes that it would increase the selling price. This type of rubber, called <i>bokar basah<\/i> (wet rubber), has around 50% DRC and sells for Rp6,000 -7,300, whereas <i>bokar bersih <\/i>(dry rubber) with 65% DRC sells for Rp11,630 &#8211; 12,350. During the training session, PT Kahayan Berseri, which owns the processing factory, taught and encouraged the farmers to produce <i>bokar bersih, <\/i>a win-win situation for both parties. With <i>bokar basah, <\/i>the factory has to put more time and energy into cleaning the product and the farmer gets less money. To reach 65% DRC with <i>bokar bersih<\/i>, the collected latex has to be put in a simple shelter that protects it from the sun and rain and not be soaked in water. A rubber farmer has to invest around Rp200,000 to build the shelter. Most farmers who joined the training were reluctant to try it, saying it is too much of a hassle, complicated and costly.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eaa187d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eaa187d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee794b8\" data-id=\"ee794b8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11b9193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11b9193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-270-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5599\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-270-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-270-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-270-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-270-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-270-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231013-Visit-to-rubber-farmer-group-in-Pilang-Tt-270-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">This is Bu Elsiah displaying the latex drying in the shelter. It takes 2 weeks for the latex to dry before it is ready to be sold to the factory. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ba237c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ba237c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bf5bb5\" data-id=\"6bf5bb5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcc3904 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcc3904\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fortunately, a few households, including Pak Jonedy\u2019s, tried the new method and had their first sale of <i>bokar bersih<\/i> on September 19th. Pak Jonedy and Pak Rahmat sold 126 kg and 139kg, respectively, at a price of Rp11,630. The next month was even better, with 5 households selling 418 kg at a price of Rp12,853\/kg. The farmers were ecstatic when their rubber was appraised at 65% DRC. \u201cI prefer this one rather than the one that we soak, \u201csaid Pak Rahmat, one of the people who adopted the <i>bokar bersih <\/i>method. Hopefully, this sets an example for the other rubber farmers and they will soon follow suit, seeing how it is more profitable. If all the rubber farmers in Pilang were to incorporate this simple, but effective, method, it would raise the overall prosperity in the village.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ddd9cb4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddd9cb4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b300a2e\" data-id=\"b300a2e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f6ccb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f6ccb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231016-Saling-rubber-of-Pilang-Rubber-Group-to-PT-Kahayan-Berseri-Tt-G-63-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5600\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231016-Saling-rubber-of-Pilang-Rubber-Group-to-PT-Kahayan-Berseri-Tt-G-63-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231016-Saling-rubber-of-Pilang-Rubber-Group-to-PT-Kahayan-Berseri-Tt-G-63-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231016-Saling-rubber-of-Pilang-Rubber-Group-to-PT-Kahayan-Berseri-Tt-G-63-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231016-Saling-rubber-of-Pilang-Rubber-Group-to-PT-Kahayan-Berseri-Tt-G-63-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231016-Saling-rubber-of-Pilang-Rubber-Group-to-PT-Kahayan-Berseri-Tt-G-63-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/gambutkita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231016-Saling-rubber-of-Pilang-Rubber-Group-to-PT-Kahayan-Berseri-Tt-G-63-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"> At the factory, the dried latex is weighed and appraised for its DRC.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35ba19f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35ba19f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e09cb69\" data-id=\"e09cb69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta held two training sessions for the smallholder rubber farmers in Pilang. One was about how to deal with pests and disease that attack the trees and the other focused on how to improve the quality of the latex that they produced. PT Kahayan Berseri, the company that buys rubber from the farmers, was involved in the training. This is the first time that the farmers received any formal training for rubber farming. 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