The Promise of Cornucopia

Cornhusking

Irvan Kolonas has founded a social enterprise that provides loans and technical assistance to corn farmers in Lampung. More than 2,600 farmers have signed up.

Aherudin's two-hectare corn farm sits empty these days, awaiting a new planting. "I harvested last July," the 38-year-old farmer said two weeks ago.

The 16-ton yield netted him Rp50 million thanks to Vasham, which buys his corn at a higher rate (Rp3,150 per kilogram) than the u

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