Distan Papua Dorong Pembuatan Pupuk Organik Kopi Lokal

JAYAPURA - Dinas Pertanian (Distan) Papua mendorong pembuatan pupuk organik lokal, yang mana semua bahan bakunya tersedia di setiap sentra wilayah adat setempat.

Hal demikian agar produksi kopi di Papua oleh petani setempat, bisa dihasilkan secara berkesinambungan.

“Kalau bisa bahan bakunya seperti rumput dan lainnya, nanti tinggal ditambahkan pupuk EM4”. 

“Tetapi air gula pun bisa dijadikan untuk campuran dan kita tunggu 2-3 minggu prosesnya dan bisa dibenam disetiap tanaman kopi. Artinya selain mudah, pupuknya bisa didapatkan secara murah juga,” terang Kepala Dinas Pertanian Papua, Semuel Siriwa, di Jayapura, Senin (5/9/2022). 

Diakuinya, sampai saat ini Provinsi Papua belum mampu memproduksi kopi secara berkelanjutan, padahal permintaan dari luar sangat besar. 

Kendalanya, masih menurut Siriwa, ada di tingkat petani. Dimana tanaman kopi di Papua teruhat kurus karena pemupukannya kurang.

“Padahal tanaman kopi ini perlu pemupukan yang bagus agar bisa diproduski berjelanjutan”.

“Dan harus kami jujur penyebab kopi Papua tak bisa diproduksi secara berkelanjutan karena kendala di pemupukan tanaman kopi. Sehingga terkadang kita perlu melakukan invervensi menyiapkan pupuk bagi para petani, khususnya pupuk organik sehingga diharapkan tanaman kopi bisa berbunga secara terus menerus,” jelasnya.

Siriwa tambahkan, selama ini tanaman Kopi di Papua jika sudah dipanen sekali harus menunggu lama untuk berbunga kembali, sehingga tidak bisa diproduksi secara berkelanjutan. 

“Makanya saya sudah lobi ke pemerintah pusat dan kami dapat program dari APBN untuk pengembangan kopi. Mudah-mudahan ini bisa berjalan dengan lancar,” tandasnya. ***

JAYAPURA - The Agriculture Department of Papua encourages the manufacture of local organic fertilizers, of which all raw materials are available in every local customary area center.

So the coffee production can be produced sustainably by local farmers in Papua

"The raw materials such as grass and others have to add EM4 fertilizer".

"But sugar water can also be used for the mixture and we wait 2-3 weeks for the process and can be immersed in every coffee plant. The fertilizer can be obtained with reachable price and easy to get," explained the Head of the Agriculture Department of Papua, Semuel Siriwa, in Jayapura, Monday (5/9/2022).

He admitted that until now Papua Province has not been able to produce coffee sustainably, even though the demand from outside is very large.

The problem, still according to Siriwa, is at the farmer level. The coffee plants in Papua are the toughest thin because of the lack of fertilization. 

"Even though this coffee plant needs good fertilization so that it can be produced continuously".

"We have to be honest about the cause of Papuan coffee cannot be produced sustainably because of obstacles in fertilizing coffee plants. So sometimes we need to intervene in preparing fertilizer for farmers, especially organic fertilizers so that it is hoped that coffee plants can bloom continuously," he explained.

Siriwa added, so far, if the coffee has been harvested once, they have to wait a long time to bloom again, so they cannot be produced sustainably.

"That's why I have lobbied to the central government and we got a program from the state budget for coffee development. Hopefully it can run smoothly," he said. ***