Tempo Interactive, Wednesday, 13 January, 2010 | 15:46 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Makassar:The South Sulawesi Provincial Government disbursed Rp268,4 billion to revitalize cocao in 2009.
The central government prepared Rp1 trillion for the National Movement on Cacao Plantation Revitalization for nine provinces.
South Sulawesi received Rp305 billion.
Some Rp152 billion of the central government funds were distributed to the province and to the regencies Rp153 billion.
The province have disbursed 97,05 percent of the funds, or around Rp147.5 billion, and 85 percent of the funds for the regions, or around Rp130.05 billion.
Yesterday, the Head of the South Sulawesi Plantation Office Burhanuddin Mustafa said that the 2009 national budget was allocated to revitalize 48,800 hectares of land out of a total of 256,200 hectares of cocoa land.
The funds were used in stages, which were 4,300 hectares land plant rejuvenation, 20,900 hectares land rehabilitation and 23,700 hectare land intensification.
According to him, activities in northern South Sulawesi produced 23.7 thousand tons of cocoa only from plant intensification.
The production obtained from the revitalized land and from non-revitalized land was about 140 thousand tons, therefore total production in 2009 ranged around 150,000 and160,000 tons.
“South Sulawesi exported 120,000 tons in 2009 at a value of US$313 million or around Rp3 trillion," he said.
The movement consists of 4,200 hectares land rejuvenation, 27,500 hectares land rehabilitation, and 5,550 hectares land intensification.
The revitalization will end in 2011, with a total land target of about 44,100 hectares.
During 2009-2013, the total land that will profit from the revitalization budget will reach 755,000 hectares with production predicted to reach 325,000 tons in the fifth year.
The Plantation Office predicts that the value in 2009 will amount to 4 trillion, in 2010 Rp 4.7 trillion, in 2011 Rp 5.9 trillion, in 2012 Rp 8.7 trillion and in 2013 Rp 11.4 trillion.
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