Fighting Fire with Pineapples
Tired of having to deal with recurring fires that burn dozens of hectares of his oil palm plantation almost every year, Sutrasno decided to cultivate pineapples.
Tired of having to deal with recurring fires that burn dozens of hectares of his oil palm plantation almost every year, Sutrasno decided to cultivate pineapples. In addition to providing him with a good yield, he found that pineapples were great in preventing peatland fire. Since 2016, fire has never broken out in Sutrasno and other farmers’ oil palm plantations in Pedamaran district, Ogan Komering Ilir regency, South Sumatra.
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Sutrasno
Sutrasno said that, from 2010 to 2015, fires always occurred in oil palm plantations in Pedamaran district, Ogan Komering Ilir regency, South Sumatra. The most devastating fire happened in the dry season of 2015. Hectares of oil palm trees on locals’ peatland were lost.