
Dippos Naloanro Simanjuntak
Chairman of the Sustainable Spices Initiative (SSI) Indonesia
BIOGRAPHY
Dippos, a graduate in Rural and Urban Planning from Bandung Institute of Technology, has over 12 years of experience in rural economic development. In 2011, he founded PT. Mega Inovasi Organik, working with smallholder organic farmers in Central Java to develop fair trade practices and multi-crop systems. His company now supports over 3,000 farmers across Java and Alor Island, exporting organic products. Dippos has also led the creation of fair trade cooperatives and collaboration with government ministries. He has been appointed as Chairman of the Sustainable Spices Initiative (SSI) Indonesia since 2021.