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Farmers’ Strategy for Peatlands

Many agricultural commodities in Central Kalimantan that once enjoyed their golden era are beginning to be abandoned.

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Pulang Pisau Regent Edy Pratowo (second left) checks out processed products from peatland belonging to various Peat Caring Villages in Garantung village, Pulang Pisau regency, Central Kalimantan, Thursday (13/2/2020).

Many agricultural commodities in Central Kalimantan that once enjoyed their golden era are beginning to be abandoned. The farmers who still cultivate these commodities are attempting to implement more environmentally friendly practices, especially on peatlands.For decades, Zainal Arifin, 58, has relied on coconuts for a living. Since he was a mere 20-year-old, the coconut farmer in Bahaur Basantan subdistrict, Pulang Pisau district, has sold coconuts (Cocos nucifera) and copra. As a result, he was able to build a house and send his children to college.

Between 1990 and the 2000s, coconut was a mainstay product of his village, with 600 hectares of coconut plantations on the banks of the Kahayan River. However, it all changed with the expansion of oil palm plantation companies. Many local coconut plantations were converted into oil palm plantation. Coconuts were seen as commodities of the past.

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