Post-Production Training for Kidney Tea

The market of basic commodity today is demanding a product with high quality which is fulfill healthy criteria, environmentally friendly and free of harmful chemical compounds.

It is realized that product quality is the most important for consumers satisfaction, so the monitoring towards product quality is high priority.

Koperasi Tanaman Obat Jawa Barat with Kidney tea (Orthosiphon stamineus) as its main product is answering market demand by straighten up in every edge. One of them is conducting several training towards the member of farmers cooperative. Supplying enough knowledge to the member is an important step to get medicinal product with good quality. with 250 farmers who are the reliable member for the improvement and the cooperative sustainability.

One of significant phase in production process is post-production of kidney tea handling, since the product is picked until the storage of ready to use product, there is very determine important role of the farmer.

In the training, the members realize that a product with good quality needs basic commodity with good quality too. To get the basic commodity of kidney tea, the phases and production steps must be done properly.

They agreed to produce the best kidney the for the cooperative. In other side, the cooperative also promises to appreciate the member achievement by giving the price as high as they can. To guarantee and creating a fair price, cooperative management will always deliver them information of newest market price.

At the end of July 2008, Koperasi Tanaman Obat Jawa Barat is expected will produce dried kidney tea product with super quality that is green leaf, maximum water content 13% and the young stalk content is not more than 5%. This moment, Koperasi Tanaman Obat Jawa Barat has produced 5 tons per month in average, and it will increase along with the number of farmers who are joining become cooperative member.




West Java Medical Plant Cooperative to gather with Telapak works in Karyasari Village is supported by HPSP (Holticultura Partnership Support Programme) dan Japan Enveronmental Education Forum (JEFF)