Picture of oil palm plantation

Palm oil become significant commodity for Indonesia economy. The plantations spreads mostly in Sumatra and Kalimantan. Smaller plantations being developed in Papua.

Picture of flower: cactaceae home

Many indonesian put this flower in their front homegarden or front terrace of their house. It an easy-to-cultivate flower, tolerate in less-water environment and it has unique forms.

Waiting for plating season

A dried paddy field. Farmers are waiting planting season while their paddyfield dried and abondaned.

Picture of tree: pinang

Areca catechu, or called pinang --a species under Arecaceae family. People maintain pinang as border tree, found in their home garden and the main road of their villages.

Picture of red flower

Red and smooth gathered in a homegarden flower. Another colouring species:)

Picture of flower: cactaceae familia

The Cactaceae familia has four subfamilia: Pereskioideae, Maihuenioideae, Opuntioideae and Cactoideae. 

Some species in this familia are good-looking enough to display in front of our home--in a row with an orchid, adding natural taste and "endurance style".  The species is known as survivor in drought area for long period of time.

A worthfull reading on cactus:  The Cactaceae, Vol. 1 or this The Cactaceae: Description And Illustrations Of Plants Of The Cactus Family, Vol. I & II and this The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family Complete in 4 Volumes Bound as 2 Volumes I, II, III and IV In Two Volumes

Nagan Raya's sky

Nagan Raya endowed by fertile lands, enabling its people to engange in agriculture for their main livelihood.

Five years after tsunami, there are few organizations still operate in Nagan Raya. They mostly works for enhanching sustainable livelihood as well as forest conservations.

Related reading:

Tsunami in a Time of War: Aid, Activism & Reconstruction in Sri Lanka & Aceh

A cup of coffee

A cup of coffee lights up the day. A cup of coffee for some people just like a breakfast. This coffee was served in Aceh of Indonesia a place where people likely to enjoy coffee in a traditional cafe in the morning.

An Aceh coffee maker prepare a cup of coffee using traditional tools such filter made from cotton, coffee bean and hot water. You can directly follow the traditional process of making a cup of coffee from original Indonesian coffee bean.

In Aceh, there's a popular coffee drink called Ulee Kareng. Indonesia is fourth largest coffee producers in the world. Its biophysical environment suits for coffee growing, and some people links it with deforestation.

Picture of sky in Nagan Raya district

Another fabulous scene in Aceh, a region with fertile lands, beautiful sea and unique tropical rain forest.  In Nagan Raya, people living in the border area of the forests are depending on agriculture activities such paddy, rubber and cocoa. Enhance their livelihood will link to the reduction of illegal logging and deforestation in tropical rain forest.

In the coastal area, more people engage with coconut fruit and some fisheries products.

Landscape picture of Nagan Raya, Aceh

This scene was taken in a village of Nagan Raya  Distric of Aceh. The district has resources to provide abundant rice while many families also generate income from rubber and cacao. The districts  located in the Leuser ecosystem buffer area. I note that agriculture economy moves the district to appropriate development strategy, reducing poverty and tackling forest crime.