Production of dwarf arabica coffee grown intercropped with Tlahab tobacco plants in the Village, District Kledung, this year has decreased drastically compared to previous years. The decrease occurred due to a lot of coffee trees that are not fruitful, because the flowers fall off in the wind and rain.
A number of coffee farmers in the village of Tlahab revealed, due to the many coffee trees do not bear fruit, coffee crop this year has dropped dramatically. In fact, it is estimated, penurunanya reached 70% compared to previous years.
"In previous years, coffee plants in the plantation we can produce 4 quintals to 5 quintals of coffee fruit logs, but now only account for less than one hundred pounds," said Sutari (43 years) of a peasant village.
The same is also disclosed, Nuryanto (38) other coffee growers. According to him, in a coffee tree, which formerly could produce fruit with an average of 4 kg to 5 kg, is currently weighing an average of just less than 1 kg. In addition to small amounts of coffee fruit that grows on trees rose in part into small size.
"Within a few fruit trees grow and their size is small, so that when performing picking, we have to sort out with the patient," he said.
The farmer said, at least the coffee fruit that grows in their crops were affected by weather conditions when the flowering of coffee. Namely, a lot of heavy rain accompanied by strong winds, so the flowers shed their coffee being grown and blossomed.
Meanwhile, although the production of coffee dropped, but the farmers claimed not to lose a lot. Because, for businesses that have long been planting coffee, farmers only need manure in order to maintain growth.
"To meet the needs of manure and even then, we have been helped from the manure for