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Indonesia: Farming with Conservation Agriculture

The story of Munggah, AKA Amaq Genap, an Indonesian farmer who first heard about conservation agriculture in 2014.

Duration 7m55s

Edit Version International

Video Type Video News Release (VNR)

Date 11/06/2017 11:45 AM

File size 854.59 MB

Unique ID UF2T49

All editorial uses permitted

Production details and shotlist

UNFAO Source FAO Video

Shotlist LOCATION: Village of Sekaroh, Jerowaru Sub-district, Eastern Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia.

SHOT: September 2017

1. Drone shot of Sekaroh Village

2. Women farmer

3. Drone shot of farmers at work

4. Munggah at work

5. Close up corn cob

6. Munggah is harvesting maize

7. Maize harvesting

8. Maize milling

9. Close up corn

10. Munggah cutting grass

11. Grass swayed

12. Pan over corn cobs

13. Drone shot Sekaroh Village

14. Brushwood

15. Munggah cutting grass

16. SOT Munggah - Farmer (Indonesian):

(OVER Detail of brushwood, Munggah cutting grass)

My name is Munggah, AKA, Amaq Genap. / I am a farmer. / I plant maize and intercrop it with chili.

17. Detail of corn cob

18. Chili garden

19. Drone shot of Munggah’s house

20. SOT Munggah - Farmer (Indonesian):

(OVER Drone shot of his house, detail of corn cobs)

In the past, I planted maize for 1-2 years, but there was never any harvest.

(ON SCREEN):

Then I asked myself: how do we earn a living?

(OVER Munggah in the field, Wowen farmer focus out Mr. Munggah in the field)

So I applied for a job in Malaysia and I stayed there for about 5 years. / After that, I went back home and started farming again for 2-3 years.

(ON SCREEN):

I sometime harvested corn, sometime not. That is because we had less rainfall.

21. Brushwood at sunset

22. Swayed grass

23. SOT Munggah - Farmer (Indonesian):

(OVER Munggah and other farmers in the field, Munggah’s hands tilt up to his face, Other farmers at work, Close up Munggah)

In 2014, I heard about conservation agriculture. / Initially, I had many doubts. / I was told to leave the leftover plants in the field, but sometimes they became hiding places for mice. / Moreover, this made work difficult during the next planting season, / since I had to find holes among the leftover crops.

24. Farmers walking to meeting place

25. SOT Masrudin – Field Facilitator (Indonesian)

(STARTS OFF SCREEN OVER FARMERS WALKING, THEN ON SCREEN)

At first, farmers reacted with a refusal. They even considered me a liar.

(OVER Farmers sitting and discussing, Close up Munggah, Farmers’ meeting place)

They thought I was promoting the use of medicines. / But with time, we have tried to create demonstration plots applying conservation agriculture practices.

(ON SCREEN)

I asked them to try these at least on 5-1,000 square meters..

26. Various of women farmers in the field

27. SOT Masrudin – Field Facilitator (Indonesian)

(OVER Detail of women working)

Conservation agriculture comes from ancient times.

(ON SCREEN)

It used to be practiced, but then it was forgotten with the advent of new technologies.

(OVER Drone shot of farmers in the field, Various of farmers at work)

The main focus is to keep soil moisture, limit intensive burning in forests and agricultural areas /and reduce land unraveling.

28. Wide shot of farmers in the field

29. Group of women farmers walking on dirt road

30. Various of farmers working in the field

31. SOT Masrudin – Field facilitator (Indonesian):

(OVER Farmers working in the field,

The 2016 planting season resulted in many failed crops. / Farmers who burned land had no harvest,

(ON SCREEN)

but those who applied conservation agriculture techniques, succeeded.

32. Munggah walking on dirt road

33. SOT Munggah - Farmer (Indonesian):

(OVER Detail of corn cob, Munggah harvesting maize,

In the end I joined the program and little by little, thank God, I saw benefits.

(ON SCREEN)

For example, if without conservation agriculture I had one ton of yield,

(OVER Farmers harvesting maize)

with conservation agriculture I reached 2 tons.

34. Various of farmers harvesting maize

35. Wide shot of corn cobs

36. SOT Munggah - Farmer (Indonesian):

(OVER Various of farmers harvesting maize, Details of crop residues in the field,

Crop residues are not to be burned. / We must leave them in the field. / This way, they cover the soil and keep it moist

(ON SCREEN).

If we don’t do that, the field will quickly dry out.

37. Drone shot of farmers in the field

38. Group of farmers at work

39. SOT Munggah - Farmer (Indonesian):

(OVER Munggah working in the field)

Before 2014, there was no conservation agriculture.

(ON SCREEN)

We used 300-400 kg of urea fertilizer per hectare.

(OVER Munggah working in the field)

Since we joined the conservation agriculture group, we only need 100 kg.

40. Long shot chili garden

41. SOT Munggah - Farmer (Indonesian):

(OVER Chili garden, Farmers in chili garden, Details of chili plants,

We intercrop maize with chili pepper. / Before we harvest maize, we can pick the chilies and sell them to buy rice.

42. Group of farmers working in the chili garden

43. Close up corn cobs

44. Farmers milling corn

45. SOT Munggah - Farmer (Indonesian):

(OVER Variouso of farmers milling corn,

I have experienced chili crop failure and that has thrown me into big debts, nearly 3,000 US dollars. / Thank God, the maize yield has been good. We have harvested about 15 tons.

(ON SCREEN)

I can pay all my debts. I can buy goats.

46. SOT Sabrun - Farmer (Indonesian):

(ON SCREEN)

With conservation agriculture, our harvests have been increasing. / Little by little, we can save money to build houses, buy goats, etc.

47. Munggah by goat pen

48. Close up goat

49. SOT Lalu Hairudin – Farmer (Indonesian):

(OVER Detail of chili plant, Sabrun working in chili garden)

In the past, we used to get around 4 tons per hectare.

(ON SCREEN)

With conservation agriculture, yields have increased to 6 tons.

50. Pan over goat pen

51. SOT Masrudin – Field Facilitator (Indonesian):

(OVER Close up goat, Close up cow)

I have noticed an improvement in people’s welfare. Those who did not own cattle, now have the capital to buy them.

(ON SCREEN)

Those who did not have a water source or a well, now they can build one with earnings from the agriculture activity.

52. Munggah climbing a tree

53. Munggah cutting off branches

54. SOT Munggah - Farmer (Indonesian):

(OVER Munggah carrying fodder, Munggah feeding goats, Detail of goat eating)

Never mind what people say, I will keep practicing conservation agriculture, / so I can… I have a big dream.

(ON SCREEN)

Hopefully… I want to go to the Holy Land.

55. Drone pan over farmers in the field

56. Farmer showing corn cobs

57. Split screen with different farmers showing corn cobs

ENDS

Script Conservation agriculture (CA) aims to achieve sustainable and profitable agriculture and subsequently aims at improved livelihoods of farmers through the application of the three CA principles: continuous minimum mechanical soil disturbance, permanent organic soil cover, diversification of crop species grown in sequences and/or associations. CA holds tremendous potential for all sizes of farms and agro-ecological systems, but its adoption is perhaps most urgently required by smallholder farmers. It is a way to combine profitable agricultural production with environmental concerns and sustainability and it has been proven to work in a variety of agroecological zones and farming systems. It is because of this promise that FAO is actively involved in promoting CA, especially in developing and emerging economies. In Indonesia, the FAO conservation agriculture programme is available in 152 villages across West and East Nusa Tenggara. It is implemented by 650 farmers’ groups with more than 12,500 members. This is the story of Munggah, AKA Amaq Genap, an Indonesian farmer who first heard about conservation agriculture in 2014.

For more information about Conservation Agriculture: http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/1a.html

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