Bramantyo Prijosusilo
Bramantyo Prijosusilo is a Ngawi, East Java-based writer.

BECAUSE such a large number of Indonesians live off the land as small farmers or laborers and because food security is such a strategic issue, agriculture has been on the agenda in these campaigns for the presidential elections. The problems experienced by farmers all over the country and expressed in dialogs with presidential hopefuls are generally the same.

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