Village Economy
Seeking Independence Through Cricket Farming
As a main source of migrant workers, Mernek village in Cilacap regency, Central Java, usually sees its young people depart to work elsewhere.
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Cricket farmer Moch Muhaimin, 56, tends to his cricket enclosures on Thursday (13/8/2020) in Mernek village of Maos district, Cilacap regency, Central Java.
As a main source of migrant workers, Mernek village in Cilacap regency, Central Java, usually sees its young people depart to work elsewhere. But with community networks, the village economy have begun to grow again. Residents have developed their village through cricket farming.
"I used to work in Saudi Arabia as a driver for a family. After working there for six years, I went home to try the cracker business and cricket farming," said Moch Muhaimin, 56, a cricket farmer, at his home in Rawaeng hamlet, Mernek, Cilacap, on Aug. 13.
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