Alitura Organics
Crops

Food Crops

Food Crops and Organic Fertilizer Programs

Staple crops need efficient, field-scale nutrient and water management. Soil testing and growth-stage timing help every input work harder and reduce losses.

21 crops

Wheat (Triticum aestivum) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Wheat

Triticum aestivum

A cool-season cereal best suited to Indonesian highlands, where variety, planting window, nitrogen timing, and grain-fill water determine performance.

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Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Job's Tears

Coix lacryma-jobi

A tall cereal-like grain adapted to humid tropics and valued for edible seeds in diversified fields.

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Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Pigeon Pea

Cajanus cajan

A deep-rooted shrub legume supplying grain, biomass, and soil cover in warm dryland systems.

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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Cowpea

Vigna unguiculata

A heat- and drought-adapted pulse that contributes nitrogen and grain in dryland rotations.

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Kidney Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Kidney Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

A dry-bean pulse needing cool flowering weather, effective nodulation, and dry conditions for pod maturity.

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Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Breadfruit

Artocarpus altilis

A multipurpose tropical staple tree producing starchy fruit and needing structural pruning, moisture, and post-harvest renewal.

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Edible Canna (Canna indica) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Edible Canna

Canna indica

A robust tropical rhizome crop producing starch beneath tall leafy shoots and tolerating mixed garden conditions.

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Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Arrowroot

Maranta arundinacea

A tropical rhizome crop valued for fine starch and adapted to partial shade and diversified gardens.

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Porang (Amorphophallus muelleri) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Porang

Amorphophallus muelleri

A shade-tolerant corm crop grown over multiple seasons for glucomannan-rich underground storage organs.

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Sago Palm (Metroxylon sagu) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Sago Palm

Metroxylon sagu

A wetland starch palm accumulating carbohydrates in its trunk over many years before flowering.

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Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Foxtail Millet

Setaria italica

A short-duration small grain suited to limited water and marginal rotations when weeds are controlled early.

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Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Sorghum

Sorghum bicolor

A resilient cereal for dry environments that still needs uniform establishment and timely nutrition to fill grain well.

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Taro (Colocasia esculenta) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Taro

Colocasia esculenta

A moisture-loving corm crop that needs vigorous leaves, deep organic soil, and potassium during corm enlargement.

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Potato (Solanum tuberosum) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Potato

Solanum tuberosum

A cool highland tuber crop needing disease-free seed, ridging, and balanced potassium for tuber set and dry matter.

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Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

A spreading storage-root crop requiring healthy cuttings, loose ridges, and restrained nitrogen after canopy establishment.

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Cassava (Manihot esculenta) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Cassava

Manihot esculenta

A drought-tolerant root crop whose starch yield depends on healthy planting stems, potassium, and enough season length for bulking.

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Mung Bean (Vigna radiata) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Mung Bean

Vigna radiata

A short-duration pulse suited to dry-season windows but sensitive to water stress during flowering and seed fill.

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Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Peanut

Arachis hypogaea

A legume that flowers above ground but fills pods in soil, requiring loose beds, calcium, and dry harvest conditions.

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Soybean (Glycine max) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Soybean

Glycine max

A grain legume relying on effective nodulation, phosphorus, and uninterrupted moisture during flowering and pod fill.

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Maize (Zea mays) growing in conditions that show its characteristic leaves, stems, flowers, or harvest organFood Crops

Maize

Zea mays

A high-demand cereal whose yield is set by uniform emergence, ear number, pollination, and grain fill.

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Healthy green rice plants forming grain panicles in a level Indonesian paddy fieldFood Crops

Rice (Paddy)

Oryza sativa

Indonesia’s staple field crop, requiring precise water control and nutrient timing around establishment, tillering, panicle initiation, and grain fill.

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