North Lombok is attempting top cocoa plant disease

Fungal Attack Cocoa. (Photo FROM/Siswowidodo)

Therefore we've commissioned the Office of Agriculture and Plantations to anticipate attacks the plant disease

Mataram (Reuters)-Government North Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province seeks to overcome plant disease causes decreased production of cocoa are cocoa farmers in the area since the last few years.

Vice Regent north Lombok H Ahyar in Mataram, Najmul Wednesday says, it is true since the last few years the production of cocoa farmers decreased by the illness, one is a white fungus diseases.

He says, this type of the disease have become an annual plant disease on cocoa farmers in the North of Lombok, is due to the anticipated, supposing late since the beginning dealt with his condition not likely too severe.

"Therefore we've commissioned the Office of Agriculture and Plantations to anticipate attacks plant disease it so in 2013 we hope there are no more attacks which resulted in a decrease in the productivity of the disease of cocoa," he said.

In addition, the decline in cocoa production Najmul, also due to General cocoa crops in Northern Lombok is relatively old, an average of over 25 years, because it needs to be done rejuvenation.

"Thank God the cocoa plant rejuvenation had the support of the Government of the province of WEST NUSA TENGGARA, north Lombok is projected to become due to the supplier of cocoa, the national rehabilitation programme of 800 hectares of cocoa crop it entirely in Northern Lombok," he said.

According to him, the rehabilitation of 800 hectares of cocoa plants that will get funding from the provincial government support including plant rejuvenation NTB cocoa.

The head of the village of Bentek, north Lombok Budiarta acknowledged farmers ' harvest of cocoa dropped to 50 percent because it is broken apart due to extreme weather last year also because of the white fungus disease attack.

According to him, a lot of cocoa fruit are broken, if there is a fruit that can be harvested, the seeds pretty much empty. Due to extreme weather with high rainfall, the fruit becomes black cocoa tanned. Typically a fruit that is ripe for cocoa-colored yellow.

(M025/N005) Editor: Tasrief Tarmizi

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