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Indonesia Farmers Struggling to Survive

Monday, February 12, 2007 4:40:46 AM
By IRWAN FIRDAUS

Indonesian farmers work to repair their flood damaged fields Monday Feb. 12, 2007 in Bekasi, Indonesia.  Farmers living outside Indonesia's flood-hit capital said Monday they were struggling to survive after hundreds of square kilometers (square miles) of land were inundated, destroying rice and other recently planted crops.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)MUARA BAKTI, Indonesia (AP) - Farmers living outside Indonesia's flood-hit capital said Monday they were struggling to survive after hundreds of square miles of land were inundated, destroying rice and other recently planted crops.

With waters receding, many returned to their washed-out fields Monday to survey the damage.

"I have nothing," said Marda, 43, looking out at his small plot of muddy land. "The plants, all the money that went to buying fertilizer, hiring mini-tractors. Gone."


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