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New breed of farmer in Indonesia: Young, educated, tech-savvy
Some turn to farming seeking impactful work and adopt digitalisation to raise productivity
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Linda Yulisman Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta, Linda Yulisman
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Some young Indonesians are abandoning comfortable desk-bound jobs in the city to toil on the land as farmers.
In tourism hot spot Bali, Mr Agung Wedhatama, who has a master's degree in information technology, decided to do so in 2013 when he was 29, leaving behind the IT business that he had set up.
