Appraisal of PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations Group rubber estates : Mission report, 13 February - 1 March 2006, Indonesia

This mission was undertaken at the request of PT Bakrie Sumatera Plantations Group with the following objectives: 1) Assessments of the existing rubber tree and oil palm plantations; . Inventory per site of the plots of land, cleared areas and planted areas (mature and immature) . Estimation of the status of the areas, . Analysis of yield trends up to December 2005. 2) Evaluation and physical assessment of 2006-2010 production forecasts, . Assessment over 5 years of the production forecasts based on past yields, current agricultural practices, and on the extension and replanting programmes.