The development of plantation sector in Cianjur Regency plays an important role in contributing the state's devise, in providing raw materials for industry, in creating job opportunities, in stimulating regional development and in preserving natural resources and environment.

Therefore, the role of plantation sector is crucial. The plantations run by community / or individual, private companies or state companies are all being developed and facilitated in order to contribute significantly to the improved Human Development Index (HDI) from year to year.

coconut plantation is spreaded in all of the sub district of cianjur regency. Other potential commodities are rubber, cacao and coffee.

According to by whom the plantation sector is managed as in 2005, the 51,823-hectare land allocated for this business is made up of :

• The plantations run by the people amount to 36.001 hectares

• Larger plantations run by private companies amount to 90.737 hectares

• Larger plantations run by state companies (PTPN VIII) amount to 60.048 hectares.

Tea platation is worked on a land of about 51.000 hectares scatteringing the middle and northern areas of Cianjur Regency

Chief commodities produced by those plantations are such thing as tea from Sukanagara, Takokak, Kadupandak and Campaka, rubber from Cikalongkulon, Sukaresmi and Cibeber, coconut from Agrabinta, Cidaun and Sindangbarang, clove from Cibinong, Cibeber and Warungkondang, coffee from Sukaresmi, Cibinong and Cikadu.

Besides the chief commodities mentioned above, there are also vanilla, sugar palm and castor which are equally potential. Castor-based oil can function as bio fuel.

However, the area of land worked on by larger plantations has been dwindling as much as 3.680,69 hectares due to a function switch from plantation to other uses and because of the expiration of a lease or processing permit held by larger private plantations.

Despite the obstacles as such, the government of Cianjur Regency keeps on trying to enlarge land area for plantations along with & more and more investments on the field of plantations.