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Those Who Don’t Bow to the Market

As producers, farmers frequently have no power to determine the price of their produce.

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MELATI MEWANGI/ABDULLAH FIKRI ASHRI
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A worker arranges packs of rice for a non-cash food aid program at a rice mill in Mundak Jaya village, Cikpapan district, Indramayu regency, West Java, Thursday (10/10/2019). Premium rice is produced by the Tani Mulus Joint Farmers’ Group.

As producers, farmers frequently have no power to determine the price of their produce. They are forced to bow to the market. However, this is not the case with a group of creative farmers in West Java. The farmers want to be sovereign over their production.

“This evening, send 600 sacks with 7 kilograms of rice each to Sindang [Indramayu]. Choose the good quality, premium rice,” said chairman of Tani Mulus Joint Farmers’ Group (Gapoktan) Muhaemin, 37, when calling workers at a rice mill in Mundak Jaya village, Cikedung district, Indramayu regency, on Thursday, Oct. 10.

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naranasrullah
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