Kupang Batanam and The Bungtilu Farmer Women’s group

Indonesia

Name: Kupang Batanam and The Bungtilu Farmer Women's group
Country: Indonesia
Year of establishment: 2019
Type of organization: Agroforestry, Ecosystem protection, Gender equality, Seed genetic diversity

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Kupang Batanam and The Bungtilu Farmer Women’s group

Indonesia

Name: Kupang Batanam and The Bungtilu Farmer Women's group
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Year of establishment:
Type of organization: Agroforestry, Ecosystem protection, Gender equality, Seed genetic diversity

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Description

The Bungtilu Farmer Women's group is a group formed by the Kupang Batanam Community in February 2019 which is located in Uitiuhtuan village, Semau Selatan District, Kupang Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province. To get to the South Semau area, it can be reached by using a motorboat or ferry for 20-45 minutes and than by a road trip using a motorbike or car for 30-45 minutes. This group was formed on the basis that the sustainability of the Kupang Batanam Community activities funded by GEF SGP Phase VI would continue. This group consists of 19 mothers with an age range of 30-80 years who are engaged in home gardening and local food conservation. The yard maintenance carried out is for mothers to cultivate vegetables in their respective yards. The results of this plant are used for family food consumption and some are sold so that they get additional income for the family. The local seed conservation that was developed for 4 years is the local black rice Semau. This rice is a high cultural value in proposal events between men and women. The development of Semau local black rice in each beneficiary's land is carried out in mutual cooperation from land preparation to harvesting by Bungtilu women. Both home gardens and black rice are developed in an environmentally friendly, organic way using local ingredients where they live.

Nature Element: Agricultural, Grasslands and drylands
Type of Action: Agroforestry, Ecosystem protection, Gender equality, Seed genetic diversity
Sustainable Development Element: Food security (SDG 2) , Education (SDG 4) , Gender equality (SDG 5) , Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)

Environmental Impacts

Benefits for the environment a. Garden farming in an environmentally friendly manner has a positive influence on ecological conditions because the fertilizers and pesticides used in these activities are made by themselves using local materials that are around the place of residence (organic fertilizers and vegetable pesticides). The house becomes fresher (CO2 absorbed ± 0.19 - 2.4 kg/day/household with a landscape area of 0.01-0.08 ha/household). b. The use of organic fertilizers and botanical pesticides can be beneficial in maintaining the environment so that conditions remain good and soil fertility is maintained c. Utilization of household and livestock waste in the manufacture of organic fertilizers and the use of waste water through a water filter which is then used to water plants can provide benefits to reduce environmental pollution.

Sustainable Development Impacts

- Jobs and Livelihoods (1) - Many beekeepers have full time jobs (in one case, a full time student), and apiculture provides the opportunity to earn additional incoming through the production of honey, and its derived products, the rearing of queen bees for distribution, the introduction of Apitourism as another area of beekeeping. - Food Security (2) - Bees are key pollinators and crucial for agriculture -Education (3) -

RESILIENCE, ADAPTABILITY, AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

The beekeepers have been trained to use technology to monitor hives. They have also been trained to support the hive during the dry season, a period of little water and food availability. Currently, the initiative is testing for pathogens that may affect hive health and are using a natural treatment to eliminate varroa mites

REDUCED INEQUALITIES

Women and children are heavily involved in this initiative and given equal opportunities. Persons living with disabilities have also been trained to manage hives (one person who is wheel-chair bound, one with mobility challenges, and one who is blind)

GENDER EQUALITY

Women actively lead the initiative and form part of the executive

Scalability

Bungtilu women's group has not been at the national level and is still limited to the local or village level. However, at the time of the group's formation, the number of 19 people has now increased to 125 women who are developing backyard farming. The focus of the initial activities was only the use of liquid organic fertiliser for backyard farming but has now expanded to onion farming. In addition, the development of local seed conservation was initially only Semau black rice, but in 2022 it started with the development of local garlic for 1 person, in 2023 for 5 people, and in 2024

Replicability

- Kupang Batanam community disseminates through social media facebook Kupang Batanam, instagram kupang batanam, blogspot https://komunitaskupangbatanam.blogspot.com/2022/04/blog-post.html - The liquid organic fertilizer and household wastewater filter used for Bungtilu's women's farming activities have been replicated in the Kayape Petuk Kupang youth group and women's young farmer groups in Kupang Regency (Oh'aem 1 and 2 villages with 50 people) and TTS (Taeftob and Bosen villages with 50 people). In addition, replication of liquid organic fertilizer has also been carried out in 5 farmer group

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