Indonesians return to roots by farming during pandemic

Indonesians return to roots by farming during pandemic

Indonesians return to roots by farming during pandemic

Indonesians return to roots by farming during pandemic

Indonesians return to roots by farming during pandemic

Farmers harvesting potatoes at a plantation in Dieng plateau, Wonosobo, central Java, Indonesia. (Shutterstock)

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Indonesians return to roots by farming during pandemic

People who lost their jobs in the cities returned to their villages and became farmers

Updated 09 November 2020

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JAKARTA: When Galih Ainun Najib was fired from his job as a staff member at a hostel in Central Java's Dieng Plateau in late March due to a drop in tourism numbers triggered by the coronavirus outbreak, he turned to farming to make ends meet.

Today, the 27-year-old Indonesian is a full-time farmer earning up to 15 million rupiahs ($1,055) by harvesting potatoes on his parents' farming plots, across an area of