“Our goal is to help millennial farmers. We now have skilled 60 folks. Hopefully, we will ship these 60 folks to Japan for apprenticeships,” Garsadi said when contacted on Tuesday.
The West Java provincial authorities has applied the Millennial Farmer Program, with the target of growing the province’s younger farmers in numerous agriculture commodities.
Garsadi is upbeat that these millennial farmers would later share the information that they obtained in Japan with members of the youthful era which can be eager to turn into farmers.
“We hope, after they be part of apprenticeships there, the output is they’ll have abilities and networks. Thus, as soon as they return right here, they will turn into an instance for the youthful era,” he said.
In response to the workplace head, millennial farmers would present the youthful era that regardless of residing in villages, they will have the identical earnings as folks in city areas, and thru e-commerce, their companies can go international.
At the moment, merchandise of millennial farmers are offered at Millennial Farmer Shops at a number of areas, such because the Cihampelas Stroll mall in Bandung Metropolis, Botani Sq. mall in Bogor Metropolis, and Bandung Prepare Station. The merchandise offered embody honey, espresso, palm sugar, and lime juice.
The presence of these Millennial Farmer Shops is predicted to spice up the passion of millennial farmers in driving their productiveness, as their merchandise can foray into premium markets.
Major Skilled Coverage Analyst on the Regional Secretariat of West Java Province Dewi Sartika said that the Millennial Farmer Shops align with West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil’s mission to supply younger farmers whose merchandise may very well be marketed.
“Thus, we don’t solely develop the millennial farmers but additionally help them, (present) capital help, together with in advertising and marketing. These shops are a concrete type of facilitation in advertising and marketing,” she remarked.
Sartika additional famous that the Millennial Farmer Program is predicted to sort out the issue of restricted labor by growing productiveness and attaining meals self-sufficiency in West Java. The chance is comparatively huge if pursued by younger farmers, who’re inventive and have a tendency to grasp digital know-how, she said.
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