JAKARTA (Bloomberg): When Indonesia unveiled a plan to turn 2.5 million millennials into farmers within five years, it was a big ask. Success would mean reversing a global trend where tech-savvy youngsters were being lured away from rural areas to exciting startups and city jobs. So far, the results are encouraging.
Despite a tropical climate and some of the largest swathes of fertile land in South-East Asia, the country’s farms often lack the capital, expertise and technology to run efficiently.
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