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[[left margin]] [[?]] 14,020,000 R, over 5 years [/left margin]] - during peak tobacco, fish + other agr. [[agricultural]] products season a shortage of busuh - wages for busuh permanjat (climbers} + ? go up to 200 Rp a day then - report says this shortage of labor main barrier to expanding production -productive period for suvalan trees 6-15 years old, but with fertilizer 3-year old trees can be made productive -at present suvalan leaves only used for mats+ timba (? dipper, paid, scoop) - other uses i.e. for purses, hats etc. not known yet -no producers organization -program proposed 1. only way, acc. [[according]] to this report, to reduce dependence on intermed. [[intermediaries]] is to set up a BUUD (? coop) - BUUD will function to buy up mats, give credit + also look for markets on Mad + E. Java [[East Java]]- a kader of 5 kecamatan level petugas will be trained to run the BUUD 2. program of planting new (pembibitan) + training in use of fertilizer BUUD will be located in Kec. Kokop [[Kecamatan Kokop]], Bangkalan where 651 KK out of 1349 live 6. SIWALAN SUGAR -making of siwalan sugar generally a [[?]] combined with farming or livestock raising -are 400 KK in Kec Batang [[Kecamatan Batang]] - Batang, [[?]] are also 15 siwalan sugar intermediaries operating there - ? ((dictionary defines as: "palm juice obtained by cutting off palm blossoms") can only be collected from april to october -most families have 10-100 trees -however, owing to a shortage of busuh pemanjat (climbers) can usually only tap 30-40 trees a day -from 30-40 trees get 10-20 liters [[?]], enough to make 1 1/2 - 3K sugar -if sell during prod. season get 40 Rp per K, if sell during off season, get 60 Rp -While, acc. [[according]] to this report, a big sugar trade can earn up to 9 million a season by selling sugar in Surabaya for 10% over what he paid in Batang-Batang -process very simple - ? is heated in a kwali made of brass (? ?) until it becomes sugar -report says no problem marketing-in
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