Tuesday, June 8, 2010 | 3:05 pm
Hermas E Prabowo
Nursalim Ahmad (52) just loss of more than USD 70 million. Three times in a row, red onion crop to crop failure. Venture capital and savings were exhausted, but he never gave up.
Nursalim even been determined to come back later when planting onions have more capital. "Now again ngumpulin (capital) first," he said in late May.
For Nursalim, villagers Klampok, Brebes, Central Java, falling-up for onion farmers were common. If the climate is nice and good crop management, profit could be obtained. The opposite also can occur, such as that experienced by the father of three children in June 2009 when planting onions in an area of 0.75 shoulder (a shoulder around 6000 square meters).
Although the current climate that's good, he failed harvest due to plant garlic treated workers unfairly. "It should be sprayed, not sprayed. Yes, devour pests, "said Nursalim.
The next planting season, September 2009, he planted more onions shoulder width of 0.5. Once again she was not lucky. The rain when it did not come due to a longer dry season. Red onion plant less water. He tried to save the plant by making pantek wells, but water resources are limited and not sufficient to irrigate crops in order to grow the perfect onion. At harvest, red onion into small pieces and sold only cut down to Rp 5 million.
Two unsuccessful attempts did not make Nursalim broke. In January 2010, he returned to plant onion shoulder width 0.75. At that time the water overflow. Hope had come sowing.
However, the prediction missed. Until March, the rain was still falling heavily. Onion crop was damaged. Onion leaves and then broke down. Nursalim returned to crop failure.
"Of the three times of harvest, I can only spend Rp 13 million. Her capital to USD 70 million more, "he said. In fact, with that much capital, it should be profitable Nursalim hundreds of million rupiah.
Hardiness
Life as an onion farmer had to be resilient. Moreover, when the climate increasingly hostile as it is now. "There is no option for us except to plant. Yes, depending on fate, "he said.
For the onion farmers, failure is a matter of course. At least, it is believed Nursalim. Here, resilience as a farmer challenged. However, he had to get up and go back to work hard to build a new hope.
First, too. We started married life, 1980s, Nursalim not have anything. There was no rice fields. In fact, the only expertise is to hoe.
Only with a hoe, young Nursalim not shy so coolies in the fields of people. From wages to laborers to hoe it, Nursalim managed to save. Capital which he collected were then used to trade water spinach vegetable. It turned out that profits from selling water spinach is better than being a laborer to hoe. His wife also did not remain silent and nimbly helped Klampok selling vegetables at market.
Shoulder to shoulder to raise money little by little, in 1985, Nursalim dared to hire a field planted with kale. The result is not bad. When it leases land to Rp 200,000 per shoulder.
The business grew. He began to buy their own fields. Because of increasingly widespread land-existing garapannya own fields and rice paddies any lease-revenue increases. Especially after he has sufficient capital to grow onions. Because of good crops, income from the onion she bought the land again.
Onion farming is risky. Since the first, fully aware Nursalim. Therefore, he did not rely on one business and started doing a kind of diversification.
Incidentally, the year 1998, there were neighbors who want to sell the tractor 15 PK. Without thinking, he sold his land area of 0.25 shoulder. The money from the sale of rice that he bought the tractor. Nursalim calculations do not miss. At the time of the season if the land, tractor hire more people and bring in revenue to $ 6 million a month.
Not only lease the tractor, he also planted spinach. He planted his shoulder-length land swamp with cluster systems. Result, each day he can harvest water spinach. "Not bad there is additional income of Rp 50,000 per day," he said.
Kangkung learned every day that his wife was brought to market. With the swamp, Nursalim not need to be confused meet the needs of daily meals. Meanwhile, the results of his efforts to sell vegetables at the market can be saved.
In terms of cultivation, Nursalim also diversifying. 2.5 hectares of his land, which he bought in stages for more than 20 years, he planted various crops. Some swamp cabbage, chili, rice, onion and others.
Although variations do business, the most promising opportunities for the cultivation of onion Nursalim. Capital is indeed great, but if successful the profits were not small. Besides saving money, he also bought a new rice fields.
Not infrequently to fulfill his desire to plant onions, Nursalim hunting land outside Bradford. "Never until Banyumas," he said.
For farmers onion, garlic planting challenge today is more complex, especially after felt the impact of global climate change. The main difficulties that they face is the inability to predict climate. On the other hand, governments often do not provide adequate access to climate information. As a result, farmers are overwhelmed with the wild climate.
In the rainy season, sometimes still dry. In contrast, the dry time, the rain is still occurring. Since there is no access to information about the precise estimate of the climate, the farmer was so fond of speculating. "Indulgence" is not rare new fatal, as experienced Nursalim.
Nursalim is resilient farmers. During this time, with no government presence at his side too, he proved able to rise up to build his life.
However, if this situation continues, and resilient farmers like Nursalim allowed to continue to fight alone against ganasnya climate change, who knows how many more years they could survive. Nursalim failure is also the failure of other farmers.
Hermas E Prabowo
Nursalim Ahmad (52) just loss of more than USD 70 million. Three times in a row, red onion crop to crop failure. Venture capital and savings were exhausted, but he never gave up.
Nursalim even been determined to come back later when planting onions have more capital. "Now again ngumpulin (capital) first," he said in late May.
For Nursalim, villagers Klampok, Brebes, Central Java, falling-up for onion farmers were common. If the climate is nice and good crop management, profit could be obtained. The opposite also can occur, such as that experienced by the father of three children in June 2009 when planting onions in an area of 0.75 shoulder (a shoulder around 6000 square meters).
Although the current climate that's good, he failed harvest due to plant garlic treated workers unfairly. "It should be sprayed, not sprayed. Yes, devour pests, "said Nursalim.
The next planting season, September 2009, he planted more onions shoulder width of 0.5. Once again she was not lucky. The rain when it did not come due to a longer dry season. Red onion plant less water. He tried to save the plant by making pantek wells, but water resources are limited and not sufficient to irrigate crops in order to grow the perfect onion. At harvest, red onion into small pieces and sold only cut down to Rp 5 million.
Two unsuccessful attempts did not make Nursalim broke. In January 2010, he returned to plant onion shoulder width 0.75. At that time the water overflow. Hope had come sowing.
However, the prediction missed. Until March, the rain was still falling heavily. Onion crop was damaged. Onion leaves and then broke down. Nursalim returned to crop failure.
"Of the three times of harvest, I can only spend Rp 13 million. Her capital to USD 70 million more, "he said. In fact, with that much capital, it should be profitable Nursalim hundreds of million rupiah.
Hardiness
Life as an onion farmer had to be resilient. Moreover, when the climate increasingly hostile as it is now. "There is no option for us except to plant. Yes, depending on fate, "he said.
For the onion farmers, failure is a matter of course. At least, it is believed Nursalim. Here, resilience as a farmer challenged. However, he had to get up and go back to work hard to build a new hope.
First, too. We started married life, 1980s, Nursalim not have anything. There was no rice fields. In fact, the only expertise is to hoe.
Only with a hoe, young Nursalim not shy so coolies in the fields of people. From wages to laborers to hoe it, Nursalim managed to save. Capital which he collected were then used to trade water spinach vegetable. It turned out that profits from selling water spinach is better than being a laborer to hoe. His wife also did not remain silent and nimbly helped Klampok selling vegetables at market.
Shoulder to shoulder to raise money little by little, in 1985, Nursalim dared to hire a field planted with kale. The result is not bad. When it leases land to Rp 200,000 per shoulder.
The business grew. He began to buy their own fields. Because of increasingly widespread land-existing garapannya own fields and rice paddies any lease-revenue increases. Especially after he has sufficient capital to grow onions. Because of good crops, income from the onion she bought the land again.
Onion farming is risky. Since the first, fully aware Nursalim. Therefore, he did not rely on one business and started doing a kind of diversification.
Incidentally, the year 1998, there were neighbors who want to sell the tractor 15 PK. Without thinking, he sold his land area of 0.25 shoulder. The money from the sale of rice that he bought the tractor. Nursalim calculations do not miss. At the time of the season if the land, tractor hire more people and bring in revenue to $ 6 million a month.
Not only lease the tractor, he also planted spinach. He planted his shoulder-length land swamp with cluster systems. Result, each day he can harvest water spinach. "Not bad there is additional income of Rp 50,000 per day," he said.
Kangkung learned every day that his wife was brought to market. With the swamp, Nursalim not need to be confused meet the needs of daily meals. Meanwhile, the results of his efforts to sell vegetables at the market can be saved.
In terms of cultivation, Nursalim also diversifying. 2.5 hectares of his land, which he bought in stages for more than 20 years, he planted various crops. Some swamp cabbage, chili, rice, onion and others.
Although variations do business, the most promising opportunities for the cultivation of onion Nursalim. Capital is indeed great, but if successful the profits were not small. Besides saving money, he also bought a new rice fields.
Not infrequently to fulfill his desire to plant onions, Nursalim hunting land outside Bradford. "Never until Banyumas," he said.
For farmers onion, garlic planting challenge today is more complex, especially after felt the impact of global climate change. The main difficulties that they face is the inability to predict climate. On the other hand, governments often do not provide adequate access to climate information. As a result, farmers are overwhelmed with the wild climate.
In the rainy season, sometimes still dry. In contrast, the dry time, the rain is still occurring. Since there is no access to information about the precise estimate of the climate, the farmer was so fond of speculating. "Indulgence" is not rare new fatal, as experienced Nursalim.
Nursalim is resilient farmers. During this time, with no government presence at his side too, he proved able to rise up to build his life.
However, if this situation continues, and resilient farmers like Nursalim allowed to continue to fight alone against ganasnya climate change, who knows how many more years they could survive. Nursalim failure is also the failure of other farmers.
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