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ANOTHER PLANTING SEASON
Sutarno, 26, of Kebasen village in Banyumas regency, Central Java, plows a rice field using a hand tractor to prepare the field for another harvest cycle on Friday
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Sutarno, 26, of Kebasen village in Banyumas regency, Central Java, plows a rice field using a hand tractor to prepare the field for another harvest cycle on Friday. Sutarno is paid per plot, receiving Rp 100,000 (US$8.69) for every bau or 700 square meters, tilled. In a typical day Sutarno can plow two bau. (JP/Agus Maryono)
