BUSINESS SCREENING:
The name of the tin (Ficus carica) may have been widely known. But when asked about the taste and physical form it seems not all know. Whereas in Banyuwangi itself there are some people who have cultivated and even trade them.
FREDY RIZKI, Kalipuro
IN INDONESIA the tin market has a fixed appetite even good enough. However, tin farmers have not been so many. This opportunity is then captured by Bayu Eko Purnomo, 26, youth from Solong Environment, Klatak Village.
The man who just took off his bachelorhood was attracted to the business potential of the fruits. He then chose to plunge into a fruit cultivator and left his job as a laborer in one of the shrimp processing factories.
When found in Jawa Pos Radar Banyuwangi at his home in the Solong Environment, Bayu was relaxing while enjoying his coffee. It's been a year since Bayu told me that he changed his profession to become an agribusiness entrepreneur.
The time also becomes more relaxed than when still a worker. Bayu tells if his decision to become a small businessman also with a little bit of recklessness. Starting from the Internet, Bayu then eager to be able to cultivate the fruits.
He then met his friend who became a fruit merchant in Klatak Village. Incidentally, the trader also has a network of fruit seed sales. No long wait, after buying several types of seeds of tin, the eldest of three brothers were directly conjured up land owned by his grandmother in the Solong Environment into a fruit field tin.
fruit whose name entered into the holy book of the Qur'an is quite easy to plant. It did not take long, the fruit with papaya-like leaves thrived on the fields of his grandmother. "Easy to plant, after starting to grow I began to dare to sell. I only sell the seeds, if the fruit is still not daring, "said Bayu.
Currently there are about 300 more kinds of cultivated fruits. Bayu uses cuttings and grafting techniques to make new tin seeds. At least, every two weeks he was able to produce seeds of tin.
Bayu explained, if the type of tin is very much. And every customer has their own favorite kind. The cheapest as the type of Green Jordan sold with prices ranging from Rp 30 thousand. Then the best-selling is the type of Dalmati seedlings sold at a price of Rp 200 thousand to Rp 300 thousand, depending on the size of the seeds. While the most expensive type of Joli Tiger Farigata that can be sold at a price of Rp 5 million for a height of 50 centimeters. "I sell it via online only. If the offline is still not too salable, people do not really know. Besides the land has grandmother, I rent one more land to meet the demand, "said Bayu.
From the sale of seeds of tin, Bayu admitted at least in a month he can collect turnover between Rp 5 million to Rp 10 million. With production and operational costs around Rp 2.5 million. But if crowded, the man graduated from elementary school admitted his income could reach Rp 15 million a month.
That's what then makes it round to jump in the world of buying and selling seeds tin fruit. "In Banyuwangi itself there are about 10 people who cultivate fruit like me. They are members of Banyuwangi Fin Community community. We always share the fruit issue. Of them there are already selling fruit, if I still have not, "explained Bayu.
Although currently still not dare to sell the fruits, Bayu already has the intention to produce tin. Because he thinks the demand for tin in Indonesia is quite high. Unfortunately from entrepreneurs tin fruit is still not maximized, so while this Tin fruit is still a lot of imported.
Fruit tin has many benefits. In addition to being a dessert like most other fruits, the content of substances in the fruit believed to be efficacious to treat diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, and gout. If in Banyuwangi itself is not too popular. Only a few people who regularly eat this fruit. Most of the more out-of-town people like Surabaya. Fruit prices are also quite expensive, ranging from Rp 200 thousand to Rp 300 thousand per kilogram. "Therefore I suggest to buy the seeds alone, can be planted at home, Bayu said.