Farmers in Indonesia succeeded in reaping profits and trusted to become partners for seed breeders

TABLOIDSINARTANI.COM, Bojonegoro---Farmers who are members of the Gapoktan Mulyorejo Mulyo, Mulyorejo Village, Tambakrejo District, Bojonegoro Regency have succeeded in reaping profits from a partnership with a corn seed company. This success has made them trusted again to become partners for seed breeders. As one of the prima donna of food crops in Indonesia, corn is widely cultivated to meet the needs of food, feed and fuel. Not only domestically, corn is also a strategic commodity to be exported abroad such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Timor Leste, the United States, Malaysia, and others. One of the Farmers Group Associations (Gapoktan) that has successfully started business development in the seed sector is the Mulyorejo Mulyo Farmer Group in Tambakrejo District, Bojonegoro Regency, East Java. They start small-scale partnerships and can be regenerated to become larger seed breeders through partnerships with seed companies. PT. Agri Makmur Pertiwi Kediri re-trusted ...