Educating the Community in an Effort to Improve the Quality of Rubber: A Case of Karang Intan Constituency in Banjar District of South Kalimantan Province in Indonesia

Rizali Hadi

2017

Abstract

Though Banjar district is known as a city of diamond, it is an also famous for its community based rubber production. According to BKPMD Kalsel (2015) 89.9% of rubber produced is from the local community. The constituency of Karang Intan consists of 26 rubber producing villages which have existed since the Dutch era. Rubber is the main income earning product for this community. The newly tapped Latex is thickened using sap vinegar (formic acid or accident) to form lump. It is this lump which is then bought by its collectors from local producers (tappers) and then sold to rubber processing plants in Banjarmasin, i.e.; SIR10 and SIR20 for export. In accordance with the Dry Rubber Content (KKK) standards the price of wet rubber for each kilogram ranges from Rp. 2,500.00 to Rp. 6,500.00. The price of dry rubber ranges from 10,000.00 to Rp. 13.000,00. However, besides Karang Intan rubber, there is rubber from other areas such as Pleihari, Danau Salak, and Hulu Sungai which is purchased by factories at a higher price. Rubber from Karang Intan is of low price because of its poor quality. After an investigation, it has been established that during the processing of rubber, the farmers use Urea NSP fertilizers (agricultural fertilizers) as thickener component. Using NSP fertilizer as a thickener is not bad but it affects the quality of the rubber. In this case, farmers of Karang Intan need to be educated about the importance of quality and how to produce quality rubber. They should know that good quality rubber leads to better rubber prices. In this regard, the district department of industry and trading of Banjar through groups has attempted to provide acid ant vinegar which helps in the thickening of rubber however, continuous monitoring and education efforts are required to improve the image quality of Karang Intan rubber.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hadi R. (2017). Educating the Community in an Effort to Improve the Quality of Rubber: A Case of Karang Intan Constituency in Banjar District of South Kalimantan Province in Indonesia.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Education and Entrepreneurship - Volume 1: ICEEE, ISBN 978-989-758-308-7, pages 602-606. DOI: 10.5220/0006890306020606

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceee17,
author={Rizali Hadi},
title={Educating the Community in an Effort to Improve the Quality of Rubber: A Case of Karang Intan Constituency in Banjar District of South Kalimantan Province in Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Education and Entrepreneurship - Volume 1: ICEEE,},
year={2017},
pages={602-606},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006890306020606},
isbn={978-989-758-308-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economic Education and Entrepreneurship - Volume 1: ICEEE,
TI - Educating the Community in an Effort to Improve the Quality of Rubber: A Case of Karang Intan Constituency in Banjar District of South Kalimantan Province in Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-308-7
AU - Hadi R.
PY - 2017
SP - 602
EP - 606
DO - 10.5220/0006890306020606