TRULY Fantastic Tuji Andrianto’s revenue, a dragon fruit plantation owner in the Laantula Jaya village, Witaponda subdistrict. He now has eight employees to help manage his 12 hectares farms previously planted palm. Although it has been ready to harvest, he dared to take the decision to replace the plants with dragon fruit that he now managed to buy three units of four-wheel vehicles.
Every week, Tuji and his wife could harvest up to 6 tons for 1 hectare and per month could generate as much as 600 million rupiah. If multiplied by 12 months, then he could be earn as much as 7.2 billion Rupiah per year, and even then only for one hectare.
Tuji said, to market the harvest of dragon fruit has been awaited by dozens of hypermart and supermarkets in the region of Central Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo, and Southeast Sulawesi. “For the marketing procedure, we just wait, the supermarkets and hypermarkets are ready to buy, thank god we are very grateful for this result” he explained.
Tuji explained that this dragon fruit plants only takes 7 months to be harvested, if the treatment is good, and can last up to 20 years. “The important thing is to maintain good treatment, 7 months can be harvested, and the plant is also able to survive for 20 years. At beginning, we have to endure for almost a year, but after entering the harvest phase, we strongly feel the results and the plant I think can be programmed to minimize the poverty, “he said.
Not only becoming a dragon fruit farmer, Tuji which has now become a millionaire, he is often called upon to share his knowledge in various areas, and eventually he was asked to be a mentor by one of the businessmen to fill the 10 hectares of land in Sigi. **
Reporter: Bambang Sumantri
