The Indonesian government enlisted the support of the ag-tech mission to open up new lands. The mission's Sleman station is located on a volcanic mountainside in an area that is both infertile, and almost impossible to till.
或許是有意考驗農技團的功力，印方一開始就把示範田安排在省內兩個農業環境最差的縣﹘﹘蘇立曼與南山。蘇立曼示範田位於沙質火山灰土的山坡地，十分貧瘠，且無水利設施，過去一直被農民視為無法耕作區。