Madura is also close to the main market of agricultural input companies. While Madura offers potential for market expansion, maize has traditionally been a subsistence crop, with an average productivity of 1.3 MT/ha when PRISMA began in 2014.
BacaPRISMA chose to work in mungbeans since the crop plays a vital role for smallholder farmers despite being perceived as a secondary crop compared to rice and maize.
BacaNTT has the largest pig population in Indonesia, contributing 30 per cent of the national pig population. With an estimated 900,000 households rearing on average 2 pigs and 70 per cent of smallholders rearing pigs for extra income, pigs are the most important livestock for smallholder farmers in NTT.
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