Still Waters Run Deep
Fish farmers will scoop millions of rupiah from the Kedungombo Dam. The vast lake also frees thousands of farmers from the threats of the dry season and flooding.
November 20, 2001
He is young and rich. At the age of 35, he can take home Rp10 million a month. He earns the money just by sitting back and observing the stretch of floating bamboo-framed fish hatcheries on the greenish water surface of the Kedungombo reservoir. He is not a dam supervisory engineer nor a ranking official. Sutarto is a farmer. Previously a poor farmer, he has made fortune smile on him after switching to fish farming over the past several years
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