
While most of the people in his village chose to become traditional fishermen and do jobs that could directly earn money, Musa Wayeni who was born on February 27, 1982 saw a great opportunity to earn income from growing vegetables in his village, Waharia Village, Teluk Kimi, Nabire Regency. He started to grow vegetables in early 2019 after he joined a training of farmers (ToFs) program from Yayasan Bina Tani Sejahtera. He applied the Good Agriculture Practices to his land such as : land preparation, how to select the high quality seeds, how to make a proper seedling nursery, fertilization and how to use pesticide safely.
Beside his job as a government staff, he started his vegetable farming with Kangkong, Spinach and Eggplant Crops in 500 sqm land. After 4 month, he calculated all the income and got more than 10 million profit from growing spinach & kangkong in 3 cycles, and eggplant. He bought a cultivator from his profit of growing vegetables. With that cultivator, he is sure that it will be helpful in making the beds and soil preparation. He also inspired the surrounding youth that through vegetable farming he got the additional income. Now, more than 10 youth farmers have been supervised by Om Musa in growing leafy vegetables, chili and tomato.