Institutional development · Student experience, equity and outcomes · Indonesia
Gadjah Mada student turns Rp500,000 in scholarship savings into a laying-hen farm
A student at Universitas Gadjah Mada used scholarship savings of Rp500,000 to start an egg-laying poultry business in Central Java that now has hundreds of chickens, the university reported.
Why it matters: The case concerns a UGM student whose scholarship savings funded an independent poultry farm in Klaten Regency, Central Java, according to the university.
Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) reported that one of its students built a laying-hen business using money saved from her scholarship.
According to the university, she began with Rp500,000 (Indonesian rupiah) and set up the business in Karangpakel Village, Klaten Regency, Central Java.
UGM said the venture has since become an independent poultry farm with hundreds of chickens.
Editor’s view
Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor
The development directly concerns one UGM student, whose farm in Karangpakel Village started from Rp500,000 in scholarship savings and now holds hundreds of chickens, according to the university.
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