Jakarta, Oct. 12 -- A home-based tempeh business run by Khoiri Rosyidin and his wife, Sisika, in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, has expanded output after it began supplying three kitchens in Indonesia's Free Nutritious Meals program (MBG).

Khoiri said production rose from about 40 kilograms of soybeans per batch to as much as 150 kilograms to meet demand from nutrition service units (SPPG).

"In the past, we made at most 40 kilograms per batch to sell at markets and stalls," Khoiri said, according to a National Nutrition Agency (BGN) statement on Monday.

Khoiri and Sisika have run the home business since 2009. Before supplying MBG kitchens, they sold tempeh at traditional markets and nearby stalls for Rp5,000 to Rp6,000 (US$0.28 to US$0.34) p...