Halmahera Coconut: The Ignored Potency  

Tuesday, 15 May 2018
by adminstube
 

 

 
"Planted what you eat, and eat what you plant, to be food independent!" This expression really tickled two brothers who attended Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta traning about organic farming on May 2018.  We plant coconuts, however shall we also have to eat coconuts every day?" they asked in their mind. There must be another way to create the potential of Halmahera coconut which is only fruit to use so far.
 
Halmahera overview: The small K island located inthe eastern of Sulawesi island is  the producer of nutmeg, cloves, coconut and abundant marine yield, such as sea cucumber, grouper fish, tuna and skipjack. Because of its nature's outcome, the Portuguese and the Spanish struggled to compete for power influence on this island. Currently Halmahera has become a province of North Maluku province.Previously it was under the province of Maluku. This province has many under-sea-tour destinations, in addition to cultural tourism and historical relics even this island still has Sultanate that still stands firmly until now namely Ternate and TidoreSultanate.
 
The magnet of tourism becomes more extraordinary after it is supported with the continuously renewable infrastructure for the sake of the productivity of North Moluccas or Moluku Kierahapeople. East Halmahera regency is the youngest regency of among the regencies in North Maluku province. There are also many ethnic groups living together in this regency, such as the Tobelo, Maba, Buli and some others are coming from Java, Bugis, Toraja, Sanger, etc.
 
There are 9 regencies in East Halmahera province.One sub-district that is well known as rice produceris Central Wasile. There are many transmigrants from Java Island living here. They work mostly as farmers and sell their agricultural yields to Tobelo and Buli.  Local people in this area are mostly Tobelo, Papua and Sanger ethnic groups who have come to Halmahera Island long before Indonesia independence. They have become local people living in several villages such as Hatetabako, Puao, Kakaraino & Nyaolako. These four villages are coastal areas. Puao village and Hatetabako itself is an adjacent village and commonly they are fishermen and farmers. The farmers in the village harvest hundreds tons of coconut annually, however there is no otherutilization of coconut waste except kopra. Such condition makes anxiety to students and young people who have studied in Jogja and Jakarta, like Witno and Erik who are both cousins coming ??from different village in East Halmahera.
 
They expressed their anxiety during organic farming training organized by Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta. Because of their anxiety, Stube tried to invite them to visit one coconut shell handy craft producerwhose products have been sent to various countries both in Asia and Europe. The producer’s name is 'Chumplung Adji Craft' located in Santan hamlet, Pajangan, Bantul, Yogyakarta.
 
Arriving there they were so enthusiastic to know further the benefits of coconut from A to Z and itsderivative products. They are so motivated that they are much encouraged to complete their studyimmediately and come home to Puao and Hatetabako as soon as possible because they have extraordinaryabundant coconut potency but  still neglected as a potency for income generatingExcept for copra andcooking oil there is no other process. As far as the eye looked at the beach or under coconut trees after the harvest, there is only a pile of trash of coconut shells that were left weathered and burned.It is quite different with 'Chumplung Adji Craft'has done. Coconut shell can be made to be various creations such as cups, bowls, accessories box, tissue box, handbags, buttons and many others. Next,the stem of coconut tree can be made to be spoons, forks and many other creative products.
 
Thought and hope to made coconut waste or even todivert copra of which price is also erratic to be fine craft is possible to be done in the future. Nowit is still from Santan-Yogyakarta, one hamlet forIndonesia, however they have a hope within 4-5 years ahead there will be from Puao & Hatetabako-North Maluku for Indonesia instead. (SAP).

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