“I Saw What They Could Do, And I Joined Them!” – Building the Skills of Female-Led Farmer Groups in Indonesia
“I Saw What They Could Do, And I Joined Them!” – Building the Skills of Female-Led Farmer Groups in Indonesia By Anna Snider Earlier this year a group of researchers from IPB University in Bogor Indonesia and University of Illinois trained 51 extension workers on extension techniques to strengthen female-led farmer groups in Indonesia. Since […]
Forty-Eight of Indonesia’s Extension Workers Trained to Empower Female Farmers
Forty-Eight of Indonesia’s Extension Workers Trained to Empower Female Farmers By Anna Snider As part of ADMI’s ADM Cares-funded Empowering Smallholders in Indonesia through Strengthening Female Led Farmer Organizations, 48 of Indonesia’s frontline extension workers participated in a training on strengthening female-led farmer groups. The training was held via Zoom on July 4 in conjunction […]
Focus on the Farmers for Resilient Global Value Chains
Focus on the Farmers for Resilient Global Value Chains By Anna Snider Smallholder farmers play a vital role in sustaining their communities, feeding their countries, and supplying global value chains. Everyone from multi-national companies down to local governments are invested in smallholder farmers’ resilience to climate change and ability to sustainably produce food. So why […]
Together we can do so much! Building New Partnership in Indonesia
“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” Hellen Keller’s words were never truer than in international research collaborations. International research is not possible without strong partnerships. My recent trip to Indonesia was all about strengthening existing partnerships and building new ones.
ADMI receives funding for two new projects in Indonesia
ADM Cares, the social investment program of ADM, has funded two additional postharvest-loss related projects that will build on the previous work of the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss (ADMI), which is housed in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois.
Growing Chilis and Communities in Indonesia
“We are putting our three kids through university on chili peppers, rice, and cacao!” says Musirah.
