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Growing Economic Activities in Villages

In the last 10 years, I have observed a different situation. I found that the people who lived in villages were those of productive age.

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SIWI NUGRAHENI
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Residents pass through the gates of the Nglanggeran Ancient Volcano tourist area in Nglanggeran Village, Patuk, Gunung Kidul, DI Yogyakarta, Tuesday (26/10/2021).

A visit to a village on the island of Java in the 1980-1990s showed me a picture of the dominance of the unproductive age population. Most of the male and female population of the working age group migrated to cities. Those who lived in villages were mostly the children who were taken care of by their grandparents.

Urbanization was a buzzword at that time. Even if there were villagers of productive age, their numbers were not so significant. Rice fields and other farming areas were cultivated sparingly because of limited human and capital resources. Their lives depended a lot on the money sent by family members who worked in the city.

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naranasrullah
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