This footage was filmed and produced 9 March 2021.
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was felt by a 45-year-old man from Ciranjang sub-district, Cianjur regency.
His name is Aang Abdul Jalil. 8 months ago he chose to close his shop because many factory employees were sent home so that his shop's income continued to decrease.
To be able to support his wife and children, Aang chose to become a craftsman of ornamental plants. Through Youtube, Aang started learning to try to make an ornamental plant of the minion coconut bonsai type.
Taking advantage of the latest trends that new entrepreneurs in the decorative tabbing field will be looking for will enable Aang to reap millions of rupiah in profits.
The coconut minion bonsai is said to have a quite high economic value. This type of bonsai is busy being discussed on social media, especially among ornamental plant lovers.
The manufacturing process requires skills and patience. It takes months to produce ornamental roots from seeds. To achieve the maximum leaf shape, the craftsman has to trimm the leaves several times.
The types of coconut that can be used as bonsai include green coconut, orange ivory, milk ivory and chocolate or wulung.
The selling price of this minion coconut bonsai plant starts from two hundred thousand rupiah, up to tens of millions rupiah. For example the albino gold minion and the kemba coconut bonsai are very expensive because they are rare and difficult to grow.
The collection has now started to grow, within a month Aang was able to sell thirty coconut bonsai plants to a number of regions in Indonesia, such as Papua, Aceh, Sumatra, Bali, Riau, Kalimantan and Sulawesi.