Cahaya Ladara Nusantara (CLN) as an organization dedicated to advancing MSMEs, during its working visit to Central Lampung, had the opportunity to visit MSME partner PT Great Giant Pineapple (PT GGP) on Thursday (15/8). This visit was led by the Chair of CLN, Nannie Hadi Tjahjanto, who was accompanied by a group including the wife of the Deputy Minister of Manpower Afriansyah Noor, the wife of the Governor of Lampung Rianasari Arinal, Chair of IKAWATI ATR/BPN Lampung Province Ellys Kalvyn Sembiring, and Chair of Persit Kartika Chandra Kirana REM 043 PD II Sriwijaya Hanny Rikas Hidayatullah.

The group directly visited the location of PT GGP’s partner MSME activities which are engaged in maggot cultivation in Bandar Agung Village, Canal Nunyai District. Their arrival was warmly welcomed by the Chairman of the Bandar Agung maggot cultivation group, Andi Supriyadi. Apart from that, the CLN group also had the opportunity to chat with other MSME groups, such as the Waste Bank partnership group, the Women’s Farmers Group, and the Bandar Agung Village Banana Flour Partnership.

On this occasion, Cahaya Ladara Nusantara provided assistance in the form of silkworm seeds and introduced woven fabric made from pineapple leaf thread fiber to the PT GGP partner MSME group. Nannie Hadi Tjahjanto expressed her hope that this visit could provide benefits to the community, especially the residents of Bandar Agung, and be an inspiration to revive MSMEs as a promising business. “This sieve cloth is an example that there are lots of natural resources around us that can be managed into something of economic value. “Hopefully these silkworm seeds can also be developed and become new business opportunities that can be driven by MSMEs,” added Nannie.

Andi Supriyadi explained that maggot cultivation activities have received full support from PT GGP, especially in terms of supply of feed in the form of fruit that is rejected and not suitable for marketing. “We get maggot feed from company assistance, and the results of maggot cultivation are also taken
by PT GGP,” explained Andi.