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VANILLA PLANTATION
(SHARI'A FUNDING PATTERN)

PRODUCTION ASPECT

TYPE AND QUALITY OF PRODUCTION

The production of vanilla plantation in Borong district these days (2004) reaches 11 tons of fresh vanilla, or with average productivity as much as 177.42 kg/ha. From this amount of fresh vanilla fruit, 2.2 tons of dried vanilla is produced. The type of vanilla yielded in this area belongs to Vanilla planifolia.

Until this present time, the quality of vanilla production in both the farmer level and exporter level in Indonesia has been very low. The reason for this is, farmers (in farmer level) do not have knowledge about the ways or any technology to obtain good vanilla quality; similarly, exporters (in the exporter level) who merely obtain the supply the low level of vanilla from these farmers, are not able to provide high level of vanilla.

The quality of dried vanilla traded by Indonesian exporters which belongs 1A quality with despatched to Eropean has been very little in number; namely, 30%. In contrast, the majority of Indonesian vanilla, (approximately 70%) is exported to the United States which gives unstrict requirements regarding the quality of the vanilla.

Indeed, every imported country determine various quality of vanilla. The United States prefers vanilla with low water content (20 - 25%) since it will be used further as the raw material for extraction industry. European Union that is generally exported vanilla for household use, on the other hand, requires whole vanilla which is good in performance, has high vanilin and tajam aroma, and contains 30 - 35 % water content. Internationally, the Internasional Standard Organization (ISO) has determined specification for vanilla traded in the world; that is, ISO 5565-1982, as presented in Table 4.7. Likewise, for the export activities and in order to increase the quality of Indonesian vanilla product, the National Standarization Bureau has determined Indonesian National Standard for vanilla by the following number: SNI 01-0010-2002. The requirements for the quality of vanilla that meet Indonesian national standard can be viewed in Table 4.8.

Pod	Specification
1. Whole
a. Cetegory 1
- A1 non-split	All pods are intact, there is no cuts nor breaks, look shiny, completely full, and elastic. The aroma is unique of vanilla, the color is uniform, ranges from brown to dark, and free from stain. Maximum water content is 38%
- B1 split	The characteristics of the vanilla pods are the same as the ones of A1, but the pod is broken
b. Category 2
- A2 non split	All vanilla pods are intact - there is no cuts nor breaks, shiny, completely full, and elastic. The aroma is unique of vanilla, the color is all the same: brown until dark. There may a small part of vanilla pods that have stain, but the total length of this stain should not be more than 1/3 of the total length of vanilla pod. The maximum water content is 38%
- B2 split	The characteristics of the vanilla pod are the same as the ones of A2, but the pod is broken
c. Category 3
- A3 non split	All pods of vanilla are intact; there is neither cut nor break, shiny, completely full, and elastic. The aroma is unique of vanilla, the color is all the same: brown until dark. There may some parts of vanilla pods that have stain, but the total length of this stain should not be more than 1/2 of the total length of vanilla pod. The pod may have a red filament, but its length should not be more than 1/3 of the total length of the pod.The maximum water content is 30%
- B2 split	The characteristics of the vanilla pod are the same as the ones of A3, but the pod is already broken
d. Category
- A4 non split	All pods of the vanilla are intact; there are no cuts nor breaks, completely full, and rigid and dry. The aroma is unique of vanilla. The color is redish and there may be some stain but should not be longer than 1/2 of the length of vanila pod. The maximum water content is 25 %
- B4 split	The characteristics of the vanilla pod are the same as the ones of A4, but the pod is already broken
2. Not whole
a. Cuts	The quality specification is the same as whole vanilla: completely full, the color ranges from brown to dark brown. The aroma is sharp and the maximum water content is 30%.
b. Bulk	Pod is intact or cut, has a sharp and specific aroma of vanilla; the color is brown to dark brown. Some pods may have big stain. The maximum water content is 30 %

Type of Quality	Requirements
	Quality 1A	Quality 1B	Quality II	Quality III
Form	Whole	Whole	Whole /Cut	Whole /Cut
Size of whole pod (cm)	11	11	8	8
Size of pod cuts	Not available	Not available	Not required	Not required
Whole pods which are broken and cut (b/b)	Max. 5%	Not required	TNot required	Not required
Water content (b/b)	Max. 38%	Max. 38%	Max. 30%	Max. 25%
Vanillin content (b/b dry)	Min. 2,25%	Min. 2,25%	Min. 1,50%	Min. 1,50%
Ash content (b/b dry)	Max. 8%	Max. 8%	Max. 8%	Max. 10%

An adequately old vanilla pod fruit is the one which is green and yellowish with yellow color on its end.
Whole pod which is broken is vanilla that is served in an intact form but broken more than 4 times of its length size
Foreign materials are substances other than vanilla; for instance, twigs, stones, soil, part of insect's body, and other things included in vanilla,
Moth is vanilla which is grown over or attacked by moth that can be viewed with naked eyes
Whole pod utuh which is cut is vanilla pod whose end is partly cut but the requirement of its minimum length is fulfilled