Melta Rini Fahmi, ‘Magot’ Overcomes Organic Waste

KOMPAS/ESTER LINCE NAPITUPULU

Melta Rini Fahmi

In 2009, Melta Rini Fahmi, 42, and French researcher Saurin Hem, received an international patent for their research on fish feed in Indonesia. Rini was known as a researcher in molecular genetics. Now, she is more commonly referred to as a “maggot” researcher.

Magot is not yet widely known. In fact, magot is better understood by ordinary people as belatung, which is disgusting and a source of disease. In fact, magot has many benefits, one of which is to overcome waste and make it have added economic value.