File: Petani Tembakau Korban Gunung Raung Menunggu Bantuan Pemerintah
Category: editorial October 07, 2019. Credit:DESCRIPTION (EN)
The Chairman of the Tobacco Farmers Group in Sukogidri Village, Ledok Ombo Subdistrict, Jember Regency, Purnoto, was showing his Vor Oogst tobacco leaves of his Kasturi type which were exposed to volcanic eruption of Mount Raung eruption, 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 selling prices plummeting because manufacturers are not willing to buy their tobacco harvest, the farmers also complained about not having received any assistance from the East Java Provincial Government due to natural disasters that caused tobacco farming losses of more than Rp 200 billion. -JP / Wahyoe Boediwardhana / Adi / 19
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Ketua Kelompok Petani Tembakau di Desa Sukogidri, Kecamatan Ledok Ombo, Kabupaten Jember, Purnoto, tengah menunjukkan daun tembakau Vor Oogst jenis Kasturi miliknya yang terpapar debu vulkanik erupsi Gunung Raung, 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 lebih dari Rp 200 miliar ini. -JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana/Adi/19
