08sq-5097 Economic development through market improvement of peppers and organic vegetables
| budget |
€ 93.187,60 |
status |
execution |
| start date |
01-01-2008 |
date end |
31-12-2008 |
| location |
Mid-Java |
country |
indonesia |
| financer |
Agriterra |
| executor |
Serikat Paguyuban Petani Qaryah Thayyibah |
intervention level |
sub-national |
| Programmes |
| work area 17: Processing of agricultural products | IFAP 03: Enhance capacity of farmers' organisations | |
| description |
Serikat Peguyuban Petani Qoryah Thoyibah (SPPQT) is a farmers organisation that was founded in 1999 by 13 peasant associations (paguyuban) in Central Java. The groups are bound together by the common objective of developing a strong peasant society capable of getting access to and controlling their resources and overcoming constraints (...more...) |
| description |
Serikat Peguyuban Petani Qoryah Thoyibah (SPPQT) is a farmers organisation that was founded in 1999 by 13 peasant associations (paguyuban) in Central Java. The groups are bound together by the common objective of developing a strong peasant society capable of getting access to and controlling their resources and overcoming constraints in order to improve their livelihood and influence policies that affect their lives. The promotion of sustainable agriculture is part of its strategy
Farmers in Indonesia sell their produce mostly through the local markets or via middel men to regional markets. Prices fluctuate and the income is very low. Two farmers groups, Paguyuban Setyo Tunggal (PP ST) and Paguyuban Petani Merap (PP Merapi) have started a cooperation with private enterprises. PP ST sells their red peppers directly to PT Heins ABC Jakarta, while PP Merapi is cooperating with a supplier of organic begetables to restaurants and supermarkets in Yogyakarta. Management and coordination of both paguyuban is not very strong and they have asked SPPQT for support. Focus of the project will be on setting up a cooperative in each paguyuban, strengthening the internal organisation of the organisation and improving the production of peppers and organic vegetables. (...less...) |
| results & observations |
The general conclusion is that, the economic development of the farmers through improved partnership in the cultivation of peppers and organic vegetables in the Merapi region was executed as planned. At the beginning the project was focussed on building of a cooperation between farmer groups and private organisations. The result (...more...) |
| final results & observations |
The general conclusion is that, the economic development of the farmers through improved partnership in the cultivation of peppers and organic vegetables in the Merapi region was executed as planned. At the beginning the project was focussed on building of a cooperation between farmer groups and private organisations. The result of this activity was an agreement to co-operate with PT Heinz ABC Jakarta for peppers marketing and Mr. Tanto in Jogyakarta for organic vegetables marketing.
Besides that business training sessions were organised for farmers (cadres - training of trainers), as well as on the functioning of cooperatives and on building and management of green houses.
The important results were: (1) the arrangement of farmer groups at dusun (small village) and village level, (2) setting up Gardu Tani Paguyuban as multi-business cooperation at association level, (3) building a Sub Terminal Agribisnis Paguyuban (STAP) Merapi region as the collective marketing institute.
Cattle breeding was also included in the project to provide fertilizer material and also income at the beginning of the project. Building of green houses was done through loans which were allocated via cooperatives of SPPQT. Farmers were able to grow vegetables the whole year through. The effect of this activity has been that farmers who were not a member of SPPQT copied the green house technology for the production of their vegetables.
The project resulted in improvement of agricultural skills and green house technology of the farmers, an increased harvest and better prices for products such as tomatoes, brocoli and red peppers. Increased prices also occurred because sales were not done through the local market, but directly to the business partners.
Women are mainly involved in post harvest handling.
Through training farmers are able to use less chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The suport and development of a biogas digester made it possible to grow organic vegetables.
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| specialisms |
| Cooperative Development & Marketing Strategies | Food crops | Market and chain development | |
PROPOSAL
| Agri-agency | Own contribution executor | Other parties | Total requested budget |
|---|
| Agriterra | SPPQT | | |
| € 0,00 + € 0,00 | € 0,00 | € 0,00 | € 93.750,00 |
Serikat Petani Qaryah Tayyibah (SPP QT), a federation of local peasant associations, was established in 1999 by 13 peasant associations (paguyuban) in Central Java. SPP QT advocates the interests of the peasant communities in the region through advocacy and lobby on policy reforms in the field of agriculture and land tenure right. At the same time they implement programmes aiming to increase the income of farming households. These programmes focus on organic agriculture including marketing of the produce. From a platform of 1.200 peasants it has rapidly grown into a federation of 130.246 peasant members in 2006. These members are organised in 265 peasant groups and 36 paguyuban. The federation operates an accountability system in which the highest decision-making authority lies with the members' assembly.
SPPQT follows with this project the example of the HPSP programme (projects 06ina-4834 and 04ina-3277) were emphasis is on the improvement of the participation of small farmers in the local and regional Indonesian market and for the improvement of their economic performance and well being. SPPQT supports initiatives from it's farmer groups, paguyuban, who have set up a collaboration with companies or supermarkets. It is recognised that at present small producers often do not only have limited knowledge and skills but they also have unequal conditions and bargaining power to come to a fair deal / agreement with the private sector. Strengthening the position of primary producers, by improving their technical skills as well as supporting them in setting up cooperatives to increase their organisational strength and bargaining power, is therefore foreseen as the main objective of this project.
SPPQT focusses in this project on 2 paguyuban of in total 310 farmers of which 250 grow red peppers and 60 farmers grow organic vegetables. The project will be expanded to 6 other paguyuban.
The planned activities are mainly focussing on training of staff of the cooperative, management of paguyuban, farmleaders and 310 farmers in
- cultivation technology
- developing a business plan
- management
- post-harvest handling
To improve quality, quantity and continuity of the production training will be given through field schools, where different varieties will be produced during wet and dry season. |
GOALS
