Reianne Quilloy, Buyung Hadi, and Trina Mendoza   |  Jun 24, 2018

Rice Today 27 June 2018

Figure: Mr. Wasikin, one of the outstanding farmers in 2016 and a participant in the participatory video training program, continues to produce videos with the help of his daughter and granddaughter. (Photo by R. Quilloy)

Rice is commonly produced in the tidal swamp areas of South Sumatra predominantly as a single annual crop because the dry-season cropping suffers from rat and weed damage and labor shortage. In recent years, best management practices and technologies were introduced through the Assessment Institute of Agricultural Technology (AIAT) to encourage farmers to plant rice more than once a year.

“By rolling out these effective technologies, we can achieve sustainable intensification of rice production in these outer islands,” said Budi Raharjo, AIAT program manager. “We believe more farmers will benefit from the technologies if they hear how they work in a language that is familiar to them. Even more so if these are promoted by farmers who have actually used the technologies.”

Rice intensification in the outer islands of Indonesia, a project of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) funded by Give2Asia, invested in building the capacity of farmers and extension workers so that they can lead the continuing process of intensifying rice production by using videos to disseminate new technologies.

See more: http://ricetoday.irri.org/film-making-farmers-and-the-changing-landscape-of-rice-extension-in-indonesia/