Hortikultura, Produksinya Merosot Akibat Cuaca tak Menentu
Horticultural Production Declined Due to Erratic Weather
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Produksi hortikultura diperkirakan mengalami penurunan sekitar 20% dalam satu bulan terakhir akibat kondisi cuaca yang tidak menentu, sehingga mengakibatkan gagal panen di sejumlah sentra produksi. Faktor lain adalah meningkatnya permintaan menjelang Ramadan dan pembatasan impor produk hortikultura sehingga memicu kenaikan harga.
Ketua Umum Asosiasi Pedagang dan Produsen Hortikultura Indonesia (APPHI) Dwi Putra Setiawan mengatakan, penurunan produksi berdampak pada menurunnya pasokan produk hortikultura di pasaran.
"Lonjakan harga paling menonjol pada kentang. Harga hampir seluruh produk hortikultura mulai naik akibat pasokan ke pasar menurun," kata Dwi Putra Setiawan.
Dia mengharapkan, pemerintah segera mengambil langkah guna mengantisipasi kenaikan harga produk hortikultura tidak melambung seperti jengkol. Pemerintah sebagai regulator diharapkan dapat mengatur tata niaga diikuti langkah penyuluhan pasca panen karena sebagian besar petaninya masih melakukannya secara konvensional.
"Kenaikan harga tersebut malahan tidak disukai petani karena yang menikmati bukan mereka melainkan tengkulak dan pedagang," ungkap Dwi Putra.
"Petani maunya harga tinggi tapi wajar sehingga termotivasi untuk tetap menanam, tapi kalau tidak wajar pembeli merosot dan petani merugi," ungkapnya lagi.
Jakarta (B2B) - horticulture production predict to decrease of about 20% in the past month due to unpredictable weather, resulting in failed harvests in a number of production centers. Another factor is the increased demand ahead of Ramadan, and restrictions on imports of horticultural products thus driving up prices.
Chairman of the Association of Merchants and Manufacturers Horticulture Indonesia (APPHI) Dwi Putra Setiawan said, declining production decrease the supply of horticultural products in the market.
"The surge in the price of the most prominent potatoes. Prices almost all horticultural products began to rise due to the declining market supply," said Dwi Putra Setiawan.
He expects the government to take immediate steps to anticipate the rise in prices of horticultural products not soar like jengkol. Government as regulator is expect to regulate the marketing of post-harvest extension followed step, because most farmers still do it conventionally.
"The increase in the price of even the farmers do not like, who enjoy not their, but the middlemen and traders," said Dwi Putra.
"Farmer wants a reasonable price is high but so are motivate to continue growing, but if no reasonable buyer slumped and farmers lose money," he said again.
