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How to make the horticulture (Muhammad Arifin)

product have the same size or homogenesis?

to get horticultural products that have the same size need to increase the qualit of the product. one of which is that it can !e done in plant !reeding. in plant !reeding we can change the first watermelon oval into square. with the e"isting technolog # can minimize the void space in storage or during transport. $quare watermelon does not take up much space and are not easil knocked over. %. &hat is our opinion a!out small farmer that cultivation 'ust food crop. How to improve small farmer to cultivate horticulture? ((iki $aputra) &e can encourage farmers to use the ard for horticulture cultivation of horticultural products# especiall given the much needed vegeta!le famil in ever da life. $o that farm families can meet the needs of horticultural products safel as well as a source of famil income. )ndonesia goverment have a related program that encouraging the farmers to improve a small farmer to cultivate a horticulture product# that program is called *%+* (*ercepatan penganekaragaman konsumsi pangan). ,he goverment is helping all the farmer accomodit for using their own ard to cultivate a horticultural product. -. ,he !u ers prefer !u the product depend on qualit not .uantit . &h it happen? (&ilu'eng Hida ati) /ecause according to the !u ers# the are more confident !u ing a product that has a guarantee of qualit although at higher prices and quantities tend to !e lower. safe to eat. and good for the qualit 0"amples of fruits or vegeta!les )ndonesian native who definitel 1ompared with imported products are not necessaril

cultivation techniques in their home countr . A smart !u er will purchase a qualit product even though the price is e"pensive than a cheap price !ut the qualit and safet of consumption is not guaranteed.
4. How to cope with deficit product and what the product is in deficit? (2ia 3iesdiana)

4ne of the products that the deficit is in the fruit sector. Man emerging market imported fruits. 4ne wa to reduce the deficit is to invite people or societ around us to cultivate horticultural crops in the garden# so it is not dependent on the availa!ilit of the amount in the market. 4r in other wa s that the government has opened the import of products that deficit# !ut still have to pa attention to the fate of farmers in the countr .

5. Horticultural products have such perisha!le nature of vegeta!les. How do producers

of horticultural products in order to keep safe if delivered in other regions or provinces. (( ah 5tami) ,herefore these vegeta!le products consumed in the fresh form# it is usuall the manufacturer to resolve industrial !uilding close to the cit . one wa to maintain the qualit of vegeta!les when distri!uted is through good packaging. 6reezing or storage in cold storage# canning and dr ing a ma'or mechanism that vegeta!les can !e used consumer products. 7. 0"plain a!out ecological 6unction of horticulture (8urul .o glo!al warming# as well as improving the qualit imah) Horticulture cultivation in essence helping environmental sustaina!ilit # minimize of life. )f we do horticulture cultivation will reduce the pollution of air# soil# and water as well as reducing organic waste. /ecause organic waste generated will !e rec cled ensuing composting organic waste. 9. &h did ou sa Horticultural *roduct is unique? (&ah u) /ecause of the diversit of horticultural products have ver much. Moreover# ornamental plant products are 'udged on aesthetics and rarit . )n addition# horticultural products are also commonl used in traditional activities. $uch as indigenous people of /ali using traditional interest in activities or his worship# and other e"amples such as gunungan in a solo show that using stacks of fruits and vegeta!les. :. &hat is our opinion a!out high cultivation technique that !eing used ! the farmer in foreign countr # should our farmer learn that and used in their cultivating activit ? farming techniques a!road is indeed modern enough and relativel !etter in )ndonesia# !ut we can not use it directl in )ndonesia !ecause each countr has different characteristics farms# while farmers learn a!out modern agricultural techniques that e"ist in terms of foreign it is necessar to have as an addition to insights for our local farmers# and perhaps with the modern techniques to teach our farmers could possi!l lead to creative ideas a!out how we can work together with them to !uild a new agricultural techniques relative to the farming s stem and the state local environment.