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Indonesia farmers struggle to keep up

2012-08-13 10 Dailymotion

Indonesia is one of the most fertile countries in the world, but farmers there are struggling to grow basic crops.<br /><br />The country was self-sufficient before it opened up its agricultural market - under international pressure - to the free market in the late 1990s. <br /><br />Today, cheap imports from abroad are hampering local business. <br /><br />And many say the country's agricultural sector needs to modernise, or it will become fully dependent on food imports.<br /><br />Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from the town of Cianjur in West Java.

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