In Bangladesh, where agriculture sustains much of the rural population, paddy (rice) farmers continue to face persistent challenges including lack of funds during the cultivation season, high interest rates from moneylenders, rising costs of seeds and fertilizers, and unfair market prices controlled by middlemen who often ignore government-set rates. For many smallholder farmers, these challenges […]
In April 2021, the Kraing Leav Samaki Agricultural Cooperative loaned USD 30,000 from the ARISE-Farmers program to purchase organic rice and conventional rice from their members. With this amount, the Cooperative was able to buy 170 metric tons of organic rice (consisting of 110 tons of Romdul and 60 tons of red Jasmine rice) and […]
Despite the economic pressure and Covid-19 pandemic, farmers in Indramayu, West Java, Indonesia continue to harvest rice for the sustainability of the future of Indonesian family and community agriculture. 24 September 2021