Merauke’s Growing Agriculture
March 3, 2010
NOT all the corn harvest produced by Bangun Tjipta Sarana late last year could be transported across an old bridge in Kurik in the district of Merauke, Papua. One thousand tons of corn piled up on one side of Kumbe River until boats were brought in to carry the cargo across to the other side of the water. Waiting trucks carried the cargo further to the district capital. “That bridge is the only access leading to the town of Merauke,” Chairman
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