Tabanan: The rice basket with dilapidated roads

An article by Luh De Suriyani, Bali Daily. Tabanan is famed for its dazzling views of multi-tiered rice fields, including UNESCO’s World Heritage Jatiluwih subak (the integrated Balinese irrigation system) site. Visiting Jatiluwih paddy fields is still quite easy, as the roads heading there are in reasonable condition. But Tabanan has more than the Jatiluwih Read on…

Gov suggests incentive for farmers

An article in Bali Daily. Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika suggested that farmers be given incentives, in a bid to reestablish the island’s diminishing agriculture sector. “Many people have been complaining about the worsening condition of Bali’s agriculture, with high rates of land conversion and a lack of farmers as they stop cultivating their land,” Read on…

A pact to save ‘subak’

An article by Trisha Sertori, The Jakarta Post. Tradition: Rice farming has been the social and religious key to the Balinese for centuries. Sawah Bali is working with farmers to maintain this tradition into the future. As hectare after hectare of productive farmland is lost to housing and hotels each year in Bali, one community Read on…

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