Warm profits from the first harvest of red ginger in Indonesia

Reporter: Ratih Waseso | Editor: Yudho Winarto KONTAN.CO.ID - BANTEN. It has been almost a year since the training program for red ginger farmers conducted by the Dharma Bhakti Astra Foundation (YDBA) in Hariang Village, Lebak, Banten has been running. The project that targets fostered farmers to become independent and advance to class has now entered the harvest period. Dani Kurnia, YDBA Project Coordinator in Lebak, said the YDBA red ginger center development program involved 30 farmers in Hariang Village. For this first harvest, Dani estimates that there are 16 tons of red ginger cultivated by Baduy and non-Baduy farmers. "This year's harvest projection is 16 tons from 30 farmers to be sent to PT Bintang Toedjoe. We will start harvesting from October 20-26 and on October 27 we will send it," said Dani to Kontan.co.id, Thursday (21/10) . Overall, there are 85 hectares of red ginger land potential in Hariang Village. For the first phase, the new development will focus on 2.5 ...