Lost Glory of the Past

Some tobacco farmers are switching to different commodities. They are cornered by regulation and poor trade system.

Retno Sulistyowati

December 22, 2020

AS far back as he can remember, since the time of his parents and grandparents, Agus Parmuji has always depended on tobacco farming for a living. Agus, chief of the Wonosari village in Bulu subdistrict, Temanggung Regency, Central Java, cannot image how his village would be without tobacco.

“Tobacco also sent my parents on their haj pilgrimage,” he said during an interview on Thursday, December 17. The four-hectare land he manages a

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