areca nut is one of the mainstay of agriculture export that has been the encouragement of the community, especially the field of plantation. in the past few years the yields of peasants have decreased production due to the reduced area due to the death of the plant, also the age factor that no longer support for production.
reduced areca nut production resulted in reduced incomes of farmers who had lived the life expectancy of agriculture plus the market price dropped drastically causing the farmers to lose the spirit in the care.
this year the low selling power pinang, meyebab many farmers drying pinangnya in the form is still intact. different when the price is good, they are more likely to directly peel the pin for sale without any drying process.
in general can not know the factor of decline price of pinang commodity market, but obviously that often happened. nevertheless the government in this case want to exercise a strong control for the sustainability of farming communities. so that farmers have the comfort to continue to maintain the plants and to rejuvenate the old plants.!