Farmers and Middlemen sundries

Not surprisingly , farmers are always stuck in the game prices , especially the price of grain and rice are done by brokers and middlemen . "Frankly, to date we have never know that the government has set the price of grain at the farm level . In fact , here, too, the government had never reported on the development of grain and rice prices nationally so that information from brokers and middlemen we always think is most true , " said Mrs. Darini ( 43 ) , farmers in Indramayu .
One proof is until now the majority of farmers in the northern coast of Java , particularly in West Java and Central Java did not know the price of unhusked rice at the farm level set by the government . Commodity price information solely obtained from touts and middlemen .

Middlemen game actually is not a new story in Indonesia. This case has been going on since long ago , involving many parties with a chain that resembles the syndicate . From central to village government has recognized this problem . In fact , they also have to know the kind of people involved in the game are always crushing and suffocating farmers . However , there was virtually no enforcement action or make concrete steps to save the farmers from ruin .

In Subang alone , scattered around 150 brokers . They are very aggressive from the garden into the garden as soon as possible to woo farmers to sell grain . Always posed a million reasons that farmers were being melted hearts and are willing to sell the commodity . Once successful, the middlemen brokers contacted directly . In an instant middlemen arrived in the garden with a truck farmer , scales , and cash . Weigh finished , the farmers directly receive money according to the amount of grain being sold .

farmers and middlemen

However , in addition to having the negative side , I think the role of middlemen is also sometimes needed in the supply chain process . Overview desires soon get the cash to be the main reason why farmers are willing to sell wet rice . However, if explored further , the price difference is very thin between wet and dry grain brokers imposed a major trigger the main attitude of farmers . In addition , farmers who sell their crops directly to the center of the market will find some problems , particularly in the transport process , which is not necessary transportation costs little . Middlemen also sometimes be a source of lending capital for farmers . Obviously with no middleman role of the farmers will be increasingly difficult in the production process .

The high cost of transport , familial factors , and the insistence by many needs that must be met is then finally urged farmers to choose to sell their agricultural products through middlemen . Therefore , efforts should be made ??to farmers as awareness raising , development of critical thinking , self-reliance and procurement program , which is where one of the aims is also to reduce the dependence of farmers to middlemen .