Day 3 of Borneo Youth Leadership Camp is hosted by the Faculty of Agriculture, the participants are going to Rice Fields placed on Giri Rejo, Samarinda. It’s a 30-minute trip from Universitas Mulawarman. The day begins when participants are picked up from the dormitory to the Faculty of Agriculture using a bus to receive remarks from the Dean and a short description of the activity that they are going to do at Rice Fields.

Heading to Giri Rejo rice fields, participants are allowed to do some farmers’ activities such as cultivating paddies on hijacked land and plowing unprepared land using hand tractors. At first, there were only a few participants that were interested in rice fields, but after seeing they were doing fine, all of the participants are trying to cultivate paddies. After that participants are heading to the cowshed to feed some cows using hay.

After some field activity, participants are heading back to the Faculty of Agriculture to learn how to make Cempedak Goreng —fried Cempedak covered by flour dough— and Sambal Mandai —spicy sauce processed from pickled Cempedak meat— in Agricultural Technology Laboratory. The participants are allowed to have a taste of Cempedak Goreng and Sambal Mandai.

(ISB/AYN)