DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS BASED
ON WETLAND CROPS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY
WELFARE
#SESSION2b: Economic aspects of tropical peatland restoration”
Siti Hamidah, S.Hut, M.P.
Prof. Dr. Ir. Yudi Firmanul Arifin, M.Sc
Lambung Mangkurat University
Presentedon
Webinar#3of theWorkshopSeries
Exploring Criteria and Indicators for Tropical Peatand Restoration:
Governanceandsocio-economicattributes
By:CIFOR(CenterforInternationalForestryResearch)
19November2020

Background
WETLANDS WASTELANDS

Is the ecological
function of
wetlands
maintained ?
Revitalising
Revegetation
Rewetting
How to improve
community welfare
in wetlands ?
PEATLAND RESTORATION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL
PRODUCTS BASED ON WETLAND
PLANTS FOR INPROVING COMMUNITY
WELFARE
Whats is University
doing???
Research on the Development of Commercial Products
Based on Local Potential Plants of Wetland

Gelam
Kelakai
Teratai Purun
tikus
General Description of Wetland
Some kinds
of plant
species
grow on
degraded
peat swamp
lands
How this habitat is maintained??? -→ optimize the use of these
plants into commercial products → How to doing this???

Potential
Research & Development
Commercial Products
Based on
Potential Species of
Wetlands

FACTS1. Group of ferns with
native habitat on peatlands
2. High resilience: easy to
adapt to various soil
environmental conditions,
resistant to exposure to
high light intensity.
3. High productivity: a fast
rate of growth and
reproduction (by shoots,
rhizomes and spores).
4. High mineral content: Fe (50-300
ppm), Ca (4000-6000 ppm), Mg, Zn, Al
Research Results: variability of mineral
content, antioxidant activity, anti-
glycation, anti-osteoporosis,
composition of secondary metabolites,
food development (tea, baby porridge)
5. The content of organic
compounds: Vit. C, Vit. A, folic
acid, alkaloids, flavonoids,
saponins.
6.Etnopharmacology:
Dayak Kenyah people in
overcoming anemia
7. Until present day, only
for: vegetables & chips
1. KELAKAI (Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.) Bedd )

RESEARCH
Required for
User-Based
Product
Development
1. Food
▪ How to make
standardized
flour of
Kelakai
(raw materials & process,
etc)
3. Conservation
and Cultivation
* Technical
Feasibility:
* Business /
Business
Feasibility &
marketing
2. Pellets (feed &
bionergy)
1. Cultivation
▪ Insitu & Eksitu
???
Types of Kelakai &
suitable habitat
* Reproduction
1. Genetic test, type & its
relationship with
chemical content
2. Habitat (soil, topography,
microclimate) and its
chemical content
3. Potential (per Ha, or
total in South
Kalimantan, Central
Kalimantan, etc.)
4. Kelakai vs Fire ???
1. General Study

Material/Bahan
Kelakai
Merah
Potensi di
Batola
Metode/Uji Potensi
untuk Bahan Obat
Anemia
Uji Mineral (Fe& Ca) Metabolit Sekunder
Insitu
Budidaya Eksitu
- Pemilihan Jenis
- Teknik Budidaya
- Kualitas Pertumbuhan
Hasil Budidaya Eksitu /
Insitu
Sebab
Akibat
Fitokimia (Kualitatif
& Kuantitatif)
Lingkungan Metode
Perbanyakan
Potensi di
Batola
Kelakai Alami
Spora
Sulur
Tunas
Metode
Identifikasi Jenis
Metode/Uji
Potensi untuk
Pangan Fungsional
Uji Proximale
Metabolit
Primer
Uji vitamin
- Potensi untuk Pangan
Fungsional
- Potensi untuk Obat
Anemia
Diagram Tulang Metode Penelitian
“Studi Jenis, Potensi & Pengaruh Budidaya Kelakai terhadap Potensi Kelakai untuk
Bahan Baku Obat & Pangan Fungsional”.
Now
this My
Research
(Dissertation)

National &
Global World
Local community,
Industry
& Local Government
Researcher &
Institution
• Supporting on SDGs focus (No.1 Good Health and
Well-Being , No.2 food security, improving nutrition,
and encouraging sustainable agriculture., No4.
inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster
innovation. & No 17. Sustainable ecosystem
management)
• Active role in solving stunting issues in Indonesia
(prevalence rate: 27%, 2019)
•Production potential and availability of kelakai
in the wetlands of South Kalimantan
•Increasing the added value of kelakai and
community welfare
•The emergence of industries based on
wetland products (including kelakai)
•Supporting the vision and mission of PUI PHLB, LPPM ULM &
ULM
•Journal source & patent
•Tri Dharma of university for the Lecturer / Researcher
•Experiences & Research Maps for Wetlands with theme
especially kelakai
STRATEGIC VALUES & EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS
RESEARCH

People's
Assumptions &
Responses to the
Existence of Kelakai
??? (Basic
Considerations for
Kelakai
Development)
1. HELPFUL???
For ANYTHING ???
How is the use that
has been done ???
2. HARMFUL???
Why? - Why? There
is a solution already ???
3. ORDINARY ONLY (Not
Useful & Also Not
Harmful)
What is the reason???
Need more
development
??? If yes, how
is form?
Need
alternative
solutions ???
If yes, how is
form?

SMEs based on Kelakai

Typical types of peat
swamp forest (easy to
grow in swampy
areas, tolerant of
acidic soils &
inundation) Fast
growing species Multi-
functional
GALAM
Spesific
species of
peat swamp
forest
Easy to grow in
swamps, tolerant
of stagnant & acid
soils
Multi-
function
Fast growing
spesies
2. GALAM (Melaleuca leucadendron)

1.
Construction
material:
alcove &
casting
concrete for
multi-storey
buildings &
2. Siring:
temporary
ground
support for
roads and
yards
3. Firewood
& charcoal
4. The bark for
“himbukan”
5. Fruit: a
substitute for
black pepper
6. Gelam
flowers
produce
gelam honey
THESE UTILIZATIONS HAVE BEEN COMMON
Habitat of
Lokal Fish

PROCESSING into WOODEN Vinegar
Distillation of the charcoal smoke
into wood vinegar

Research and Development of Gelam wood
utilization
• Gelam Wood Vinegar as a
Latex Clumper
• Gelam wood
vinegar as an
accelerator of
plant seed
growth
• Gelam wood vinegar
as a wood
preservative
Optimal concentration
of 50% (Hamidah dkk
High Phenolic
content (drum
furnace), high acetic
acid (dome furnace)
Clumping speed
100% of gelam
vinegar> Alum,
more plastic &
odorless (Hamidah
dkk 2016)
Optimal concentration>
10% , frequency of 5
sprays per week (Hamidah,

3. TERATAI/ LOTUS
• Research
• Making Food from Lotus
Seeds
• By:
• Lecturers & Researchers
• ULM Faculty of Fisheries
• Teratai/Lotus-Based
Business Development,
Amuntai South
Kalimantan
SME “TERATAI
LESTARI”
TERATAI/Lotus SEED
ENTREPRENEURS /
TALIPUKHj.
SInarwati

TERATAI /Lotus/ TALIPUK / NYMPHAEA
• This is an aquatic plant
with various benefits
• High carbohydrates
• Low fat
• Complete protein and
amino acids
• It has flowers, stems,
seeds, and tubers
• As a source of local food
that is easily available
• Alternative Food
Sources besides rice
• Processed cakes (talipuk
apam, cincin, bread,
pais, talipuk bipang,
etc.)
BUSINESS
POTENTIAL

Community Empowerment
Activities

ACHIEVEMENT
• 1st Place at National Level in National Food
Processed Competition CHAIRMAN OF AISYIAH
CENTER IN JOGJAKARTA (2019)

BUSINESS PRODUCTS
MARKET:
• AMUNTAI
• TANJUNG
• BARABAI
• KANDANGAN
• BANDARA
SYAMSUDIDIN
NOOR
• BANJARMASIN
OLEH-OLEH KHAS AMUNTAI
Bipang various flavors of lotus seeds, biscuits,
klemben made from lotus seed flour

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DREAM 2: INDUSTRY BASED ON WETLAND
PRODUCTS

Concluding Remarks
1. The potential market opportunities forsuperiorwetland-based products have not yet been widely
developed(stillonalocalscale)andstillrelyonsmallindustriesduetoinsufficient quality and quantity
of raw materials.
2. In order for the market to be broader it is necessary to consider major industrialization. For this
purpose,theguaranteeofqualityandquantityofrawmaterialsmustbefulfilled.Potential spatial data,
distribution, species, habitat, etc. and standardization of raw materials are required. It is necessary to
carry out various research conducted in collaboration between interested parties
3. Products produced must be research-based in orderto produce superiorproducts and be ready for
downstreaming to industry. Forthis purpose, community involvement should be carried out from the
beginning.
4. Developmentofcommercialproductsbasedon local products typical of peatlands needs to be done
in protecting the peat ecosystem itself by increasing peatland productivity in order to improve the
welfare of the surrounding community, maintain local wisdom, support national and international
development.

Concluding Remarks
PEAT
RESTORATIO
N
BIOPYYSICAL
- Typical Peatland
vegetation is maintained
(not extinct / replaced by
others
- Peat-based ecotourism
ECONOMIC
- Peatlands can increase
community, regional &
state income
(number of SMEs &
Wetland-Based
Industries)
GOVERNANCE
- Community
development
(Number of
community groups
involved)
SOCIAL
- Local wisdom is
maintained
- The existence of
wetland-based products
that are beneficial for
welfare
(Number of wetland-
based products)

Thank you