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Top:/Destinations/Bali/Regencies/Karangasem/Places to visit/Sibetan
 Salak is a tropical fruit generally found all over Indonesia available in many different areas and are named in accordance with its place of origin, for example, Salak Pondok, Salak Madura, Salak Rondet, and Salak Bali.
Salaks belong to a horticultural variety of fruit with its prospective business opportunity for cultivation. People love Salak bali in particular including domestic people as well as foreigners implying that Salaks has a great market opportunity.
The biggest Salak Bali producing area is the village of Sibetan in Kecamatan (district) Bebandem, Karangasem Regency. Salaks from Sibetan have the outstanding characteristics, like it belongs to monocle family with no category of male or female groups. It also has complete flowers where pollination takes place the flowers blooms and therefore they do need the assistance of pollinating agents such as insects, nature, or human being for pollination. They have thick white, crunchy flesh with low taming contents and sweet nice taste. The flesh can be processed into various cookies, such as: taffy food salak, sweets, and syrups.
The village of Sibetan is located in Bebandem district of Karangasem regency, approximately 83 km east of Denpasar – the capital city of Bali, or around 15 km from Amlapura – the capital city of Karangasem.
The village covers an area of 11.25 km2 with the boundaries of to the north with Jungutan village Bebandem district, to the east with Bebandem village of Bebandem district, to the southwith Selumbung and Manggis villages, and to the west with Duda Timur village of Selat district.
Administratively, the village of Sibetan consists of 12 dusun/banjars (community groups) with a populatio n of 8,271 people who are mostly Balinese Hindus. Farming is the job of the majority people.
Sibetan is economically and strategically located as it is closed to the capital city of the regency, Amlapura. It is also closed to Semarapura – the capital of Klungkung, and Gianyar. Transport facility is very good as the village is connected by the main road linking Amlapura – Sidemen – Rendang – Besakih.
The weather is fresh and cool with a spectacular view to Mount Agung to the north, the highest mountain in Bali where the mother temple of Besakih is located. To the south is a beautiful view of mountain stretching along Manggis district, Pdangbai and end to the blue sea of Lombok Strait.
Salaks grow very well in sandy fertile farming areas with a high rainfall rate. However, it is alright that the rainfall is low as long as there is a shallow potential of ground water.
Salaks in Sibetan have been known since a hundred years ago when they grew naturally in the wild.. In 1980 the farmers of Sibetan collectively cultivate salaks. Nowadays, there are some other village villages, e.g. Selat, Sidemen and Rendang, trying to imitate what Sibetan farmers have done.
However, compared to salaks produced in other villages, the ones from Sibetan are the best quality. You will find salaks plantation which is a hundred years old. These old salak trees are characterized by horizontal trunks, the stumps are lifted on the ground while their hairy roots emerge from the trunks hanging down penetrating the ground so that it looks like a dragon.
In oder to obtain the best quality salaks, the following traditional methods are a common practice of Sibetan farmers.
Seedling preparation  is done by burying seeds under the ground. This method allows farmers to plant seeds in a large quantity.
One year prior to plantation, the area has to be cleared and planted with other trees for shading purposes using dadap, turi, lamtoro, or gamal trees. Holes are prepared one month in advance prior to planting. The holes are made in certain dimensions and filled in with compost sandy earth.
Planting is conducted one month after the holes are filled in with compost. The trees to be planted should be 4-6 months old or the ones with 3-5 leaves. Planting is best conducted at the beginning of the rainy seasons.
Salak plantations should be well-maintained from the day of planting until all the trees bear fruits including weeding out, use of compost or fertilizers, and well managed pest control programs. Until know, farmers have not identified typical salaks pests.
There are two kinds of harvest of Sibetan salaks: Natural harvest season is conducted from January to March every year. Salaks harvested at this time are big and sweet. Godon harvest is performed from August – September every year when salak trees produce rat smaller fruit size. Although there are two harvests in a year, salaks are available in Sibetan throughout the year.
Salak consumers consists of domestic and foreign people but its marketing is limited to domestic market. The fruit is also exported to the other regions or islands throughout the country. In Sibetan itself, there two markets, i.e. Telaga and Kalanganyar markets where people can buy salaks. The nearby market is in Bebandem and peasngkan public markets. In addition, there are a number of local exporters who sell the fruit throughout Indonesia. |
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