Integrating Farmers for Improved Welfare

Kompas/Rony Ariyanto Nugroho

Ade Supriadi, 56, spreads Phonska fertilizer in his paddy field in Gedebage, Bandung, West Java, Monday (4/9). One of the obstacles facing farmers’ access to subsidized fertilizers in several regions is that the fertilizers are not directly distributed to them, and that they must purchase the fertilizers at subsidized prices.

Over time, Indonesia has become inseparable from its intention to achieve food self-sufficiency. This goal can only be achieved by paying attention to the welfare of farmers.

This daily has, since August 28, 2017, run reports about the farmer exchange rate, which has not moved much. Findings in the field show that food crop cultivation has not improved the farmers\' welfare.