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Farmers Strive for Self-Determination

Coffee farmers have looked to find solutions to their struggles, to be autonomous, and to unleash the potential of local wisdom. Kitchenware has become a research tool and the farm a laboratory.

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Hasmin (right) roasts coffee beans on Tuesday, Jan. 16, using a machine made from the ruins of a World War II aircraft that crashed in Nating village, Bungin district, Enrekang regency, South Sulawesi. He said he inherited the ruins from his father.

Coffee farmers have looked to find solutions to their struggles, to be autonomous, and to unleash the potential of local wisdom. Kitchenware has become a research tool and the farm a laboratory.

It was early in the morning when Hernawan, 40, rushed from his tilted house in Way Mengaku, Liwa, West Lampung, Lampung. He wore a caping (cone-shaped bamboo sun hat) and brought a small machete on his waist. He also carried a small bag of kitchenware.

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