Four local villages in Tabonji District, Papua, open farmland to grow rice. These four villages are Bamol, Yeraha, Suam Satu, and Suam Dua. Their hard work in the past few months resulted in a very satisfactory harvest. Now, people in Tabonji District do not expect the help of rice for poor or raskin anymore. [Read […]
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Shipment of Cocoa Bean from Papua Continues to Decline
Papua Province Agriculture Department data shows that since 2010-2013, shipments of cocoa bean from Papua has been declined about 67.5 percent, due to fruit borer pests of cocoa plant attack and a lack of understanding of the farmers. For example, in 2010 as many as 4,639,493 kg cocoa bean fell to 2.00863 million kg. Some […]
Bongomeme Locals Land Purchased Very Cheap by Palm Company
People in Liyodu village and Molanihu village, Bongomeme sub-district, District Gorontalo, must be willing to sell their land to palm oil company at very cheap price of Rp 750 thousand – Rp 3 million. In Gorontalo itself, palm plantation is something new. People are accustomed to planting corn, chili, coconut trees, and vegetables. Palm oil […]