What we do when commodity prices drop is look at the stock of money or anything that can quickly become money. Because we send our children to the city of Sintang – Pontianak – to study in Jogya, Java Island. We still have to send monthly money. Often our children were embarrassed to ask us for money back in the village. We in the village can say there is enough rice for the next year. “Our food intake is safe, dear son,” said Cepi.
Geographically, Sintang Regency is 21,638 km2 wide. Even though it has been divided into Melawi Regency. Due to the size of the Sintang, the development of infrastructure, including public services, is not evenly distributed there.
Meanwhile, Sintang is dependent on three main commodities, namely rubber, palm oil and pepper. To optimize the three commodities, according to Cepi, there needs to be a transformation in the economic sector to downstream products. Because the agricultural sector provides the largest contribution, namely 33.85 percent based on The Central Bureau of Statistics data in Sintang.