Local high school visits intercropping living lab in Bengkulu (7 October 2024)
On October 7th 2024 staff and students from the Vocational High School for Agriculture, SMKN 3 Pertanian, Bengkulu Tengah visited the SUSTAINPALM supported intercropped oil palm fields in Bengkulu. One picture shows students next to oil palm watermelon combination. A second picture shows two students, a farmer who is a former graduate of the school, and staff from the school. The purpose of the school visit is to motivate students for innovative agricultural practices that have an interesting business model. These students are trained to be the farmers of the future.