SHEEP Indonesia Sabu Raijua Region is moving quickly to optimize field school activities; Gradually from Thursday (08/09/22) to Friday (16/09/22) YSI Sabu Raijua region realized partnerships with four partner villages, namely the Dainao, Matei, Eimadake, and Keliha Village governments.
The meeting began by agreeing on several commodities selected for development and cultivation; some of the commodities chosen include Green beans in Dainao village, pig herds in Matei and Eimadake, and sorghum in Keliha village. The selection of commodities is the result of discussions, planning, and field surveys that are routinely carried out by the CBO group.
For the Dainao Village Government, one of the efforts to support one of them is by providing the legality of participants through village assignment letters, striving for the sustainability of green bean commodity production from the production process to the marketing process, allocating 20% of village funds for field school purposes, and collaborating with YSI to encourage the agricultural office to develop pig farms in Dainao village. Another from Dainao village, the Matei village government is voluntarily directly involved in the process of regular group meetings, providing assistance in purchasing corn seeds of 50 million rupiah and seeking the realization of pig farming which is included in the 2023 RPJMDes. Eimadake and Keliha villages also contributed and supported the same as other villages but with different nominals following the amount of budget in each village.
The partnership is a good step to lead to Sustainable Self-Reliance Local Food in Sabu Raijua. Furthermore, related parties (YSI, PemDes and CBO) will be jointly involved in the process of planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating field school activities.