History of Indonesia Tobacco

The period of 1840 up to 1940 planting tobacco growth is several places in Kedu, Kediri and north shore of Java island in Semarang and Surabaya, but excelent harvest of high quality tobacco from Kelaten and Vorstenlanden area Besuki and Jember. 

The ducth business man since 1820 opened the tobacco plantation in the Surakarta and Yogyakarta Kindoms. In this are the companies must operate in the feudal circustances, this system greatly impede the progress and the business growth. And  the removal sytem apanage or  lunguh  significant growth happen in the tobacco plantation business in this 2 kingdoms area.

In the Besuki area the foreign tobacco businessman open the plantation area by system erfpacth and divided  for  the  people  as a  fief, in this system the people participate and gain the opportunity to enhance their live.

The Area of big tobacco plantation in East Sumatra . Since Nijnhuis succeed planting tobacco in this area  the tobacco plantation growing significantly  insipte of the fact those joy not stand long caused world tobacco crisis in 1891 and the farmer starting looking alternative other agriculture choices plating in East Sumatra; the expantion and reduction of the tobacco plantation influences other variance other agliculture plantation viz palm oil, tea and specially rubber plantation . Bettween 1880 to 1904 the tobacco plantatation spread initially from lowland Deli to west  inland to  southeast till Asahan river.