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  • From: "Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt AT itol.com>
  • To: <woodduckfarm AT ev1.net>, "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Indonesian Police Urged to Grow Veggies
  • Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 07:25:29 -0600

I saw this article, and thought you all would enjoy reading it - maybe one
of the Indonesian Police will end up joining our list:^) - Jill

Indonesian Police Urged to Grow Veggies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2498110,00.html

Friday March 21, 2003 1:00 PM


JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Cash-strapped police shaking down citizens for
some of the green stuff is part of daily life in Indonesia. To deter graft,
a police chief wants his officers to develop green thumbs instead.

Bogor Police Col. Anton Bachrul Alam said Friday he was encouraging officers
to grow tomatoes, lettuce and flowers at home to supplement their often
meager income.

``Their official wages are barely enough to live on. It's better than
extorting people or taking bribes,'' he said.

Alam said a hydrophonics expert would teach officers and their family to
grow plants using nutrient solutions rather than soil, making them easier to
harvest. A police cooperative will help them sell their crops, he said.

Bogor has about 3,000 policemen who earn on average one million rupiah
($111) per month.

Indonesia's security forces are notorious for petty graft, running illegal
enterprises and taking bribes from drug smugglers and gambling operators.






  • [Market-farming] Indonesian Police Urged to Grow Veggies, Jill Taylor Bussiere, 03/21/2003

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