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Diponegoro University expedition team and Senggi farmers hold first harvest at trial plot
A Universitas Diponegoro expedition team and farmers in Senggi, Keerom Regency, harvested water spinach and red spinach for the first time from a demonstration plot on 2 November.
Why it matters: Farmers in Senggi working with Diponegoro University's expedition team have brought in a first harvest from the shared demonstration plot.
Team 7 of the Universitas Diponegoro Patriot Expedition Team (TEP UNDIP) carried out a first vegetable harvest on a demonstration plot in Senggi, Keerom Regency, on 2 November, according to the university.
The university said the harvest was conducted together with a farmers' group and Patriot Perintis.
According to the university, the crops harvested from the pilot plot were water spinach (kangkung) and red spinach.
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Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
Farmers in Senggi and Diponegoro University's Team 7 have completed the first harvest from their trial demonstration plot, with water spinach and red spinach as the crops brought in on 2 November.
