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Environmental Cooperation in Challenging for the Empowering of Rural Farmers and Market Retailers : Realization of Regional Organic Waste Utilization and Minimization System
A NGO level partnership project between Japan and Indonesia is introduced. It was initiated three years ago with the purpose of reducing organic wastes in the city of Jakarta. Then we found the importance to empower the farmers and retailers in order to develop social system to reduce the amount of waste from fruit and vegetable. We prepared a guideline for them and tried to disseminating. But we soon found that it is difficult to change the habit or custom of farmers and retailers in the actual social system. Consequently, we decided to begin with working on high school students through education. It is aimed at nurturing of the farmers and retailers who are acquired with know-how to produce added value fruits and vegetables as well as compost and at the same time motivated and responsible to take part in creation of their improved society with reduced disparity in terms of economy as well as accessibility to resources, information etc
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