Chili Plants as a New Alternative for Household Income

Agustina or familiarly called Tina or Mama Ino, 46 years old, is one of the many women in Moa Village who uses Pampa land. The Pampa land that he is currently using is inherited from his parents and has been used for generations to grow secondary crops (vegetables and chilies, corn). Initially, the proceeds from Pampa that he managed were only intended to meet the food needs of his family and relatives living in the village and the results did not have any economic value.

Through the 2014-2019 Care Program intervention, pampa results now provide economic value. He has now bartered the chilies from his Pampa land for rice in the Bada area, West Lore District, Poso Regency. One liter of chilies can be bartered for 4-5 liters of rice.

According to him, this business is very profitable, because the rice he gets from the chilies can be used for family needs, and the excess can be resold to other people living in Moa Village.

For almost 2 years he has continued to bring the Pampa (chili) products to the villages in the Bada Valley, District. Poso and the number of requests for chilies continue to increase. So he encouraged several of his sisters to work together to plant chilies on the Pampa land they managed from their parents' inheritance.

Writer :

Desmon