Field Observation

Report West Sumba

3-5 February 2010

The purpose of this observation is to analyze and see the potential jarthropa plantation estate at
West Sumbawa, Indonesia.
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Field Observation Report West Sumba

3-5 February 2010

1. General Location
Sumbawa is an Indonesian Island located in the middle of the lesser Sunda Island with Lombok and Bali
to the west, Flores to the East, Sumba further to the south east. West Sumba is the part of the Nusa
Tenggara Timur. West Sumba also located at 9’11’’-10’20’’ South Lattitude and 118’55’’- 120’23’’ East
Longitude. Total area of West Sumba according to 2006 survey is 4.051,92 km 2, below is the detail of
the total area in each sub district :

Area (ha)
Average
Total area
Sub District above sea %
(km2)
level (m)
Mainland Island

01. kodi 0-300 3.332 - 33.32 0.82

02. kodi utara 0-300 34.243 - 342.43 8.45

03. kodi bangendo 0-300 19.880,88 0.120 198.81 4.91

04. lamboya 0-700 30.250.53 5.472 302.56 7.47

05. wanokaka 0-450 9.907.44 11.562 99.19 2.45

06. wewewa barat 300-750 25.665 - 256.65 6.33

07. wewewa selatan 300-500 10.453 - 104.53 2.58

08. wewewa timur 300-850 27.489 - 274.89 6.78

09. wewewa utara 100-600 3.792 - 37.92 0.94

10. loli 200-600 13.580 - 135.80 3.35

11. kota waikabubak 200-600 6.025 - 60.25 1.49

12. loura 0-300 23.191 - 231.91 5.72

13. tana righu 0-550 13.465 - 134.65 3.32

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14. mamboro 0-450 32.886 - 328.86 8.12

15. katikutana 0-800 79.012.33 8.924 790.21 19.50

16. u r nggay barat 0-800 27.093.75 - 270.94 6.69

17. umbu ratu nggay 0-800 44.900 - 449.00 11.08

 sumba barat - 405.165.93 26.078 4.051.92 100.00

Most of the area that we surveyed for the Jarthropa plantation is on Kodi, Kodi Utara, and Kodi
Bangendo sub district.

2. Facilities and Infrastructure

Waikabubak is the capital town of the West Sumba Regents, like others capital town in Indonesia
Waikabubak had a good public facilities. To reach Waikabubak there are everyday direct flight from
Denpasar. Currently West Sumba only had one sea ports which is located in Waikabubak, the local
government recently develops another sea port for ferry transpotation. Therefore, the waikabubak sea
ports will be focusing on the logistic shipping from others island. Public hospital and private hospital are
also available on Waikabubak, on the site there are some health center to provide health services to the
local villagers. For school, private school such as Christian and Catholic school are availables on
Waikabubak, but on the site location most of the school are public school. Since Waikabubak is the only
big town on the West Sumba, bank and ATM are available. BRI is the only bank that we had seen on the
last survey. Altough BRI is the only Bank in Waikabubak, BRI is one of the biggest and oldest state bank
in Indonesia and we should not be have a doubt about its performance in Indonesia. Internet and
Telecomunication are also well established in West Sumba, for internet connection the internet satellite
will be a best choice for on site telecomunication. Most of the road in West Sumba are already good in
shape especially the province road but some of the regency road which connected our potential estates
was in full development, so in the next few month the road will be completed hence the logistic around
West Sumba will be easier.

3. Demograhpy
According to the 2005 demography survey, the total people who live in West Sumba is 400.260 peoples with
the average density of 99 peoples / km2. With the total of 69.531 family. Most of the people in West Sumba
are working as farmers ( 152.640 People ) or 81.59 % of the West Sumba population. Below are the
demography detail from West Sumba.
Total Density / % population /
Sub District area (km2)
Population km2 sub district

01. kodi 27.284 33.32 819 6.82

02. kodi utara 40.021 342.43 117 10.00

03. kodi bangendo 30.537 198.81 154 7.63

04. lamboya 21.444 302.56 71 5.36

05. wanokaka 13.301 99.19 134 3.32

06. wewewa barat 41.646 256.65 162 10.40

07. wewewa selatan 19.584 104.53 187 4.89

08. wewewa timur 48.667 274.89 177 12.16

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09. wewewa utara 10.515 37.92 277 2.63

10. loli 24.266 135.80 179 6.06

11. kota waikabubak 24.197 60.25 402 6.05

12. loura 26.737 231.91 155 6.68

13. tana righu 15.301 134.65 114 3.82

14. mamboro 12.696 328.86 39 3.17

15. katikutana 18.154 790.21 23 4.54

16. u r  nggay barat 14.819 270.94 55 3.70

17. umbu ratu nggay 11.091 449.00 25 2.77

 sumba barat 400.260 4.051,92 99 100.00

Population
Sub District Family
Man Woman Total

01. kodi 4.509 13.805 13.398 27.203

02. kodi utara 6.781 20.202 19.685 39.887

03. kodi bangendo 4.853 15.159 14.602 29.761

04. lamboya 3.972 11.004 10.278 21.282

05. wanokaka 2.522 6.784 6.447 13.195

06. wewewa barat 6.122 20.231 19.933 40.164

07. wewewa selatan 3.562 9.646 9.299 18.945

08. wewewa timur 8.828 24.095 24.109 48.204

09. wewewa utara 8.130 5.173 5.246 10.419

10. loli 4.318 12.014 12.050 24.064

11. kota waikabubak 4.596 12.422 11.742 24.164

12. loura 4.584 13.314 12.655 25.969

13. tana righu 2.817 7.728 7.461 15.189

14. mamboro 2.443 6.497 6.174 12.671

15. katikutana 3.253 8.985 8.497 17.482

16. u r nggay barat 2.505 7.197 6.869 14.066

17. umbu ratu nggay 2.036 5.460 5.350 10.810

 sumba barat 69.531 199.680 193.975 393.475

4. Social and Land Structure

According to the Survey in the year of 2005, most of the native West Sumba population are Christian and
Catholic ( 308. 060 and 123.501 ). Transmigrant which were come from others island are moslem ( 12.293
peoples ). Hindhu and Budha are the minorities in the west sumba, they only represented by ( 308 and 1
people ) less than 1 % of the population. Altough most of them already have a religion, they still held their
traditional custom and ritual. Most of the local peoples are speaking two languages ( Bahasa Indonesia and

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Local Language ). After the independece of Republic Indonesia, the government tried to do the land reform
on the West Sumba. But the proccess had failed because of the strong traditional custom in the Region.
Therefore, the land ownership is based on the local custom not by the Government Act. The land boundary
is also not limited by the longitude or lattitude but by the stone, tree, river, etc according to the local
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According to the diagram ,the structure of the land owner in every West Sumba region is most likely the same.
The firstborn son is the landlord, so in order to acquire the land for the Jarthropa Plantation we need to
approach the right firstborn son of the land to start the negotiation. He has the right for all his land, regardless
of the people currently cultivating or live on their land. This actually makes the negotiation process simpler.
There are many unused land in Sumba and all the part has a very fertile soils. Jartropha trees are growing well
and yielding many fruits.

Overall, the culture and characters of the native are friendly and open. Most of them are living in poor condition
and they are very welcome to serious investors.

5. Overall Conclusion

After reviewing and surveying the social and the technical condition of the potential Jarthropa plantation estate
in West Sumba. We conclude that, West Sumba is really have a potential to develop high yield Jathropha
plantation. Technically, just from our naked eyes we could see that most of the soil in West Sumba has very rich
carbon composition which is good for the plant. Currenty we are conducting sample soil analysis from the three
sites which we visited during the survey and we will know the result as soon as possible. West Sumba had all the
infrastructure required to develop an estate as we mentioned above. The local villagers also helped us a lot
during the survey, they explained to us about the local Jarthropa which had grown perfectly around their estate.

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From this point of view, we realized that Jartropha is a perfect crop in Sumba. With yearly rainfall around min
1.000 MM per year, crops such as rice , cashew, and jarthropa will have full potential yield around the West
Sumba region.

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