Island Farmers, Lost Dreams

FARM laborers in Flores. Copra farmers in Pahawang, Lampung. Lontar tree tappers on Rote Island, East Nusa Tenggara. Nutmeg farmers in Bandaneira Island, Maluku. Vegetable and sago sellers on the Togean island chain, Sulawesi.

Around 40 percent of Indonesia’s island-dwelling population depend on agriculture for their livelihood. And from the land that they sow, they harvest the basic necessities of life. Unfortunately, the people’s agricultu

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