Sharing Improvised Farming Methods

Early this month, the Society Concerned with Food Security in Indonesia, held its annual meeting, attended by 93 non-governmental organizations and associations. Top on their agenda was the need to protest the government's lack of concern for the welfare of farmers. Those subsisting below the poverty line usually produce below average harvests, both in terms of quality and quantity, mostly driven by their limited access to knowledge and information on how to improve farming methods. A few farming communities have now taken the initiative to learn and spread the word about improvised methods of cultivation, leaving behind their old, obsolete ways. Tempo English reports on innovative farmers from South Sulawesi.