News & Insights

More Farmers Adopting Sustainable Agriculture
01/04/2013 in News
Members of Asosiasi Petani Organik Boyolali (APOB) take part in farmers field school. With facilitator Sutoyo, around 15 men and women farmers are planning to create an experimental plot for field school practice.
Training of trainers for farmer cooperatives
27/02/2013 in News
The International Labor Organization (ILO), Agriterra and VECO Indonesia ran a training for trainers (Tot) for farmer cooperatives on 25-28 February, in Denpasar, Bali. Attending the training were 20 participants from farmer organisations, farmer cooperatives, VECO Indonesia, and local government cooperative agencies.
Campaigning for healthy food with Valentine chocolates
19/02/2013 in News
The Healthy Food Healthy Living (HFHL) team used Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to campaign healthy food.
Appoli gets organic rice certification from IMO
07/02/2013 in News
After almost a year of trying, Boyolali rice farmers have finally got organic certification. The organic certificate for members of Asosiasi Petani Padi Organik Boyolali (Appoli) was issued by the Institute of Marketecology (IMO), a certification agency headquartered in Switzerland. The certificate is valid from 13 December 2012 to 31 March 2013.
Quality Control Expands Market Access
16/04/2012 in Insights
Two farmer groups that are VECO Indonesia partners in Boyolali, Central Java and Polewali Mandar (Polman), West Sulawesi, apply internal control systems (ICS). These two groups are Asosiasi Petani Padi Organik Boyolali (Appoli) and Kelompok Tani Amanah in Polman.
Building a sustainable organic rice marketing chain in Boyolali
07/10/2011 in Insights
As the staple food for the people of Indonesia, rice is also a key commodity for farmers in Indonesia, including in Boyolali district, Central Java. In this upland area, farmers grow organic rice for their own needs and for sale. However, the farmers do face challenges, such as limited market access and limited availability of organic rice.

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