The day’s sun was cherished for traditional salt farmers in the village of Santing districts of Losarang Indramayu Regency as a good start to start the process of salt production in the previous land is almost a year more scalable. Among them are busy struck the ground to be created as a form of square mapping with an average size of 5 x 5 meters, making the water channel and there is also that improves the windmill to pump the water to the salt ground areal.
Before it comes to water, map the soil that will be used as salt land first flattened by grinding tools from cement and bamboo. The soil surface should be flat and smooth, it aims to facilitate the process of salt harvesting.
Usai dissolved the ground map filled water pumped using its own artificial windmill. Farmers have to stalls blooming water into land maps, after that water is evaporated under the sun’s submerged for seven days. After the water dries and changes so the crystal is white, just a peasant harvesting salt for sale.
The tools used to level salt land in Santing Village, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
Petani collects freshly harvested salts in Santing Village salt, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
In the center of the rare salt supply in the market, salt farmers now enjoy the high price in the market. This is due to the return of the salt processed season, the still high rainfall in the beginning of the dry season as well as the failure of the salt harvest last year makes the production and stock of salts in the Santing village sheds, Indramayu thinned, even for the needs of the market in the city is not met.
At the rate of salt price farmers is at the range of Rp3000 per kilogram for standard quality, while for super quality of Rp4000 per kilogram, the fantastic price for salt kilogram, in the previous year only Rp300 per kilogram.
Although salt farmers in Santing village enjoy the high price of salt, but some small and medium businesses (UKM) whose production depends on salts such as salt fish processing is now the middle of difficulty due to the high price of salt and it is difficult to find supply from farmers, even some asin fish entrepreneurs are forced to roll mats.
Petani examines the condition of water that slices the salt land in Santing Village, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
Petani improves windmill to help the watering of salt land in Santing Village, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
On the other hand, the bee-was salt farmers will enter the imported salt, which is alarmed will suppress the lower return price, they hope the government issued the right policy so that it does not occur the brittleness of the salt on the market, but also protects farmers who hang their lives from salt production.
Photo and Text: Dedhez Fencinga
Petani collects freshly harvested salts in Santing Village salt, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
Petani process salt land in Santing Village, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
Petani collects freshly harvested salts in Santing Village salt, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
Petani process salt land in Santing Village, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
Petani process salt land in Santing Village, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
Petani collects freshly harvested salts in Santing Village salt, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
Petani collects freshly harvested salts in Santing Village salt, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
Petani enters a newly harvested salt into the sacks in the village of Santing, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
Petani collects freshly harvested salts in Santing Village salt, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
The farmers clean the freshly harvested salt on the Santing Village salt, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
Petani transports a harvesting salt that will be sold to the collection in Santing Village, Losarang, Indramayu, West Java.
