CV Qariyah Thayyibah
SPPQT’s Slogan: "From, By, For and With Farmers"
CV Qariyah Thayyibah (QT) is an independent non-profit business unit of SPPQT/Serikat Paguyuban Petani Qariyah Thayyibah (Union of Farmers Communities), a farmers’ organization which was established on 10th of August 1999. With 4 credit unions and 28 economic units (gardu tani), today the CV consist of 55 communities and 44 associations yet to be formally declared as Famers Communities across Central Java . SPPQT ventures to infiltrate and improve all levels of the community by operating 11 middle- and high-schools, a university, and a kindergarten. SPPQT’s vision is to generate a new civilization which relies heavily on farming so as to create prosperous, independent farmers, in accordance to the core values of SPPQT:
- Solidarity
- Justice and Equality
- Environmental Sustainability
- Transparency and Accountability
- Plurality
With the current underlying problems in agriculture, of which include the lack of knowledgeable information and proficiency for maximum yields and household economic improvements, Hivos facilitated a PGS (Participatory Guarantee System) Training in December 2008, aimed at organic produce, mainly paddy farmers of the SPPQT members. In addition, a biogas digester program training was held in April 2010 in Semarang, after its initiation of the Hivos Domestic Biogas Program – Biru - in 2009. With an ambitious target of 8000 biogas digester units installed, BIRU provides the facilities which farmers lacked to accommodate their needs – cattle dung recycling, biogas as an alternative source of energy, organic bio-slurry fertilizer and women empowerment.