Farmer Stories

Managing a pepper business in the middle of the pandemic with information in-hand
Posted 4 years ago
Mr. Wiliyanto, fondly known to family and colleagues as ‘Yanto’, is a 41-year-old pepper farmer and collector. He was born and raised in Cluak Village, Simpang Katis, Central Bangka, where...
A look at the lives of pepper farmers during the pandemic: all about independence
Posted 4 years ago
Like many of Bangka’s pepper farmers, Mr. Sukirman started learning about pepper cultivation from his parents at a young age. However, despite his early start, he only began his own pepper farm...
My Big Dreams and Pepper
Posted 4 years ago
Sajari, a young farmer, has a unique story to tell about pepper. He is born in the village of Pinang Sebatang (Sumatra) and has been closely acquainted with pepper since his childhood, raised in a far...
“If I knew the dry season was coming”: The role of SpiceUp services in preventing the loss of pepper plants
Posted 4 years ago
Meet Maula. He’s a 33-year-old farmer from Puput Village, Simpang Katis in Central Bangka. He has been planting pepper since 2006 although he comes from a long line of pepper farmers. As the mai...
Making information accessible for sustainable pepper farming and businesses
Posted 4 years ago
Gunawan "Gun" Rubianto is a pepper farmer from Malang, East Java who currently works on a pepper farm owned by PT CAN in Namang, Central Bangka. Although he only started plant...