Ramadani Yudha Prasetya

Ramadani Yudha Prasetya, familiarly called Rama, is a horticulturist with a professional background in forestry and botany who runs Island Organics Bali, a crops producer which supplies customers in Bali with organic vegetables, herbs and fruits. They work with novelty heirlooms and recently make their own hybrids. He’s also actively involved in the breeding and conservation activities for various plants such as orchids, having co-authored two books on the subject, titled Native Orchids of Indonesia and Orchids of Sulawesi. He has also worked in the research and development department of the Mekarsari Fruits Garden. He studied plant physiology, germ plasma conservation and genetic improvement, three subjects which have become his main activities in the past 20 years.

Ramadani Yudha Prasetya, akrab dipanggil Rama, adalah seorang ahli hortikultura dengan latar belakang profesional di bidang perhutanan dan botani. Ia adalah pendiri Island Organics Bali, sebuah perusahaan produsen tanamanyang menyalurkan sayur-mayur, tanaman dan buah-buahan organik ke berbagai pelanggan di Bali. Rama dan timnya mengkhususkan diri pada varietas warisan endemik yang khas dan baru-baru ini juga mulai menciptakan varietas hibrida. Ia juga terlibat dalam upaya pembibitan dan pelestarian berbagai spesies tanaman, terutama anggrek. Dengan beberapa penulis lain, Rama telah menerbitkan dua buku mengenai tanaman anggrek, berjudul Native Orchids of Indonesia (Anggrek Asli Indonesia) dan Orchids of Sulawesi (Anggrek Sulawesi). Dalam 20 tahun terakhir, ia berkonsentrasi pada fisiologi tanaman, pelestarian germoplasma serta perbaikan genetik.