 Indonesia is the fourth most populated country on the planet and it is also the world's third largest rice producing country. Most of that is grown on the island of Java, where Jakarta is. But I'm in South Sumatra on the Musi River Delta heading for the Banyasen district. Turns out Banya means water and Asen means salty and therein lies the rub for area rice farmers. In Delta the farmer have the many problems. The first they have problem in the salt problem and the second they have flooding and then problem in drier. The last one problem in the main power. So the farmer need the helping to the new technology to solve the problem. Other than planting salt and flood tolerant rice varieties another technology that has helped these farmers considerably has been locally produced flatbed rice dryers that use discarded rice husk for fuel. Around here the sun can be fickle, the rains torrential so traditional sun drying can be a gamble a gamble that many of these farmers can't afford. And then quality of the of the paddy up when when dry with the turbulent on the sun drying is not good. Many broken. Better rice quality has translated into better revenue. One study shows market prices jumping four to seven percent with the flatbed dryer. So it is not surprising they are becoming more popular. This local workshop owned by Joko Santosa has received 40 orders in 2014 alone. Budi Raharjo says that trend is reflected across Sumatra. In 2004 we have only one flatbed dryer in Sotrata using husk energy and then in 2008 we have the 70 unit book dryer and then after six years in 2013 we have the more 478 unit. We have the seven pole number of the book dryer. So what is really exciting about the flatbed dryers in South Sumatra is that they demonstrate how Iri can help add value to national programs by helping facilitate technology transfer and knowledge transfer across countries. These dryers are the result of bringing together an amazing number of people from different sectors and institutions. Indonesian rice scientists, scientists from Vietnam contributing some technology components, development projects and extension officers and then also some students doing their studies on the topic. These flatbed dryers demonstrate how through an adapted technology that can be produced locally. We can provide technologies that can help farmers to maintain the quality, reduce the post harvest losses and that they generate higher income from their rice farms and provide a better livelihood for them and their families. The emerging success of the rice husk fueled flatbed dryer in Sumatra underscores two lessons that scientists at Iri and elsewhere consider crucial. First, technology adapted to local conditions and constraints is more likely to be successful and secondly this success will be more sustainable if it encourages local capacity building and collaboration and this is exactly what has happened with rice drying in Sumatra.