Tomatoes, potatoes and cabbage plants on a bed of 1,770 acres on Jalan Danau Tanjung Bunga in Makassar, South Sulawesi, look fresh. Several people water them, swaying their hoses to and fro.

Rizky was standing on one corner in half drenched clothes, looking down with an expression of concern. "The sun has been blazing the last few weeks, drying up the soil, he told Tempo two weeks ago. "We have to be watering regularly to keep the plants alive.

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