Proceedings - Balai Penelitian Tanah
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Shea et al.<br />
Photographs: Left – Management Office for Community Livestock Breeding<br />
Centre, Kenalo, Aceh Besar District. Right – newly constructed Integrated<br />
Animal Health Center (Pos Keswan), Simuelue District.<br />
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT<br />
During the conflict period, the agriculture extension system in Aceh<br />
was seriously degraded, with the lost of facilities, means of<br />
transportation, and lost of experienced extension workers. Most<br />
facilities were destroyed or used as military bases, and means of<br />
transportation (vehicles and motorcycles) were commandeered by<br />
both the military and GAM. Extension workers were afraid to go to the<br />
field in order to provide training and extension services, and many<br />
changed positions and profession. As a result, many farmers are<br />
using 30 year old technology and getting low yields. This was the<br />
situation when the tsunami struck. Many progressive farmers and<br />
leaders of farmers’ groups died in the tsunami. Thus, a whole<br />
generation of farmers, both women and men, need to be trained in<br />
new sustainable agriculture technology, and provided with extension<br />
services in order to increase production and income.<br />
Under ETESP, extension workers have been trained in participatory<br />
methods, intensive methods for crop production (food crops,<br />
horticulture crops, estate crops, and livestock production), organic<br />
farming and sustainable agriculture, integrated pest management, and<br />
System for Rice Intensification. Farmer Field School methods have<br />
been used to train farmers in the production of a number of key<br />
commodities including rice, soybean, corn, peanut, chilly peppers,<br />
cacao, oil palm, and rubber.<br />
International Workshop on Post Tsunami Soil Management, 1-2 July 2008 in Bogor, Indonesia