Consolidating to build sustainable agriculture

Agricultural practices are not always right. Monoculture for the example. It would be problems for environmental aspect, where farmers just plant current crops. It is found in one of hilly region in Bandung, Indonesia.

According many farmers at that region, it is caused by land ownership. Many of farmers there have no land. In fact, they are just to be farmer workers. Meanwhile, the crop that always being planted are vegetables, cabbages for example.

A farmer is taking fertilizer as preparation before rain coming in Pasanggrahan Hill, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia (3/10/2019)/ Photo by #Odesaindonesia.

That monoculture evokes many problems. Such as erosion, mud flood for downhill region, lack of water, even cultural poverty.

Based on the picture below, we could see how the hill almost lose trees at all.

Disappeared trees /photo by Odesa Indonesia:

To save the nature as well as farmer's livelihood, a social institution, Odesa Indonesia is giving many perennials massively free for them. According odesa.id that the hill has to be planted about 10 million trees.

That step would not burden the farmers, who basically work as the vegetables farmers. Then, to do this movement #odesaindonesia engages any elements, either the ordinary civil or industries.

Selamat Sempurna is one of idustry which involve on creating agroforesty, one of Odesa Indonesia program to build sustainable agriculture

Up to now, the projects are going on. If you interest in building sustainable agriculture, you could support in on this.