File: Petani Tembakau Korban Gunung Raung Menunggu Bantuan Pemerintah
Category: editorial October 07, 2019. Credit:DESCRIPTION (EN)
Chairman of the Indonesian Tobacco Farmers Association (APTI) Jember, Suwarno, was tidying up the white barley type tobacco leaf hanger which had been saved from the eruption of Mount Raung, in his warehouse, in Nogosari Village, Balung District, Jember Regency, Saturday (19/9) . Tens of thousands of tobacco farmers owning more than 4,900 hectares of tobacco farming land in the Jember region, experienced crop failures due to the natural disaster of the eruption of Mount Raung last July. In addition to the sharp drop in prices because manufacturers are not willing to buy their tobacco harvest, farmers also complain that they have not received any assistance from the East Java Provincial Government due to natural disasters which caused tobacco farming losses of around Rp 200 billion. -JP / Wahyoe Boediwardhana / Adi / 19
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Ketua Asosiasi Petani Tembakau Indonesia (APTI) Jember, Suwarno, tengah merapikan gantungan daun tembakau jenis white barley yang berhasil diselamatkan dari bencana erupsi Gunung Raung, di dalam gudang miliknya, di Desa Nogosari, Kecamatan Balung, Kabupaten Jember, Sabtu (19/9). Puluhan ribu petani tembakau pemilik lebih dari 4.900 hektar lahan pertanian tembakau di wilayah Jember, mengalami gagal panen akibat bencana alam erupsi Gunung Raung bulan Juli lalu. Selain harga jual anjlok tajam karena pabrikan tidak bersedia membeli panenan tembakau mereka, para petani juga mengeluhkan belum mendapat bantuan apapun dari Pemerintah Provinsi Jawa Timur akibat bencana alam yang menimbulkan kerugian pertanian tembakau sekitar Rp 200 miliar ini. -JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana/Adi/19
