FERTILIZER SUBSIDY
Straight into Farmers' Pockets
The government is exploring giving direct fertilizer subsidies. BPS data on farmers' households published in 2009 is the main reference material.
August 18, 2009
HUNDREDS of names of farmers in the hamlet of Kombang, Colo village, Kudus regency, Central Java, complete with addresses, are arranged neatly in a tabulation belonging to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS). Columns for size of land, total usage of fertilizer, and the type of commodity grown by farmers are also clearly filled in this tabulation. And not just for Kombang. The BPS already has details listed of more than 17 million farmers of ri
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