Humanizing Rice Seed Cultivation

KOMPAS/MACHRADIN WAHYUDI RITONGA

Masroni

Masroni, 47, abandoned four shophouses and a house in a city to develop the agriculture in his hometown of Kalensari village in Indramayu regency, West Java. He respects seeds and plants rice with his whole heart.

A public security officer visited Masroni\'s house one morning on Tuesday, 20 Aug. 2019. He was visiting was to ask for the rice seeds called Indonesian Farmer (IF) 16 that had been developed by the Indonesian Association of Indonesian Agricultural Seeds and Technology Bank (AB2TI), of which Masroni was a member.