Buru after the Conflict

The sectarian conflict in Ambon which spread to Buru did not affect rice production on the island. On the contrary, production even tripled in the past three years.

October 4, 2005

THE signboard seemed to beckon everyone passing by the village to the site of the bumper rice harvest scheduled for opening by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on September 20. Located right in the center of Desa Waenetat, known 30 years ago as the headquarters of the Rehabilitation Installation, a labor camp where tapol (political prisoners) were sent, the area has grown to be the third biggest rice producer in Maluku after Halmahera and Seram

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