The sun was scorching, and the dust rose from the cobbled dirt road. A pick-up truck crawled slowly on the road to Saritani Village, Wonosari District, Boalemo Regency. More than half of the dry land area of Gorontalo Province in the northern peninsula of Sulawesi has the potential for maize commodity development. Gorontalo is one of the national corn centres. Production continues to increase until it has doubled in recent years. Exports to the Philippines have also boosted people’s dreams of prosperity. Saritani is the remotest village in southwest Wonosari District, Boalemo Regency. The distance is about 30 kilometres from...