Odniel Tuan is one of the more successful residents of his hometown. The farmer and rancher from Oematlumo village on the island of Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, owns a dozen cows, six pigs and 17 acres of vegetable crops. Not many here have so much land or livestock.

Adam Timuli is doing well too. He has a hectare of land with rice and vegetables like tomatoes and cabbage. "This land can bring in about Rp20 million a year," Adam said.

In the past,