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Is there a journo within you?


How creative are you? The clip below is a story from the Jakarta Post where the real story is buried so deep in the story that if it were a potato, it would not thrive.

Here’s a challenge: Bragging rights to the unofficial, intangible and worthless Unspun Award to the firt person who can write a palatable headline and intro for this story.

clipped from www.thejakartapost.com

Potato has dim future in Indonesia

Mariani Dewi ,� The Jakarta Post ,� Jakarta � | �Thu, 05/22/2008 11:20 AM� | �Business

With its high rate of growth, high yield and low water consumption, the potato has become the world’s fourth major food crop in the world, but its prospects in Indonesia face many challenges, a representative for Indonesia’s chapter of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says.
While speaking at a seminar help by the UN’s FAO in Jakarta on Wednesday, ManHo So said certain challenges, related to the vegetable’s biology and planting requirements, had to be overcome to achieve its potential in the country.
So said potatoes only grew well in cool environments, meaning plantations would be restricted to Indonesia’s highlands, mainly in Java, Papua and North Sumatra.
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2 responses to “Is there a journo within you?”

  1. Joys Avatar
    Joys

    This surely deserves the coveted Prize???????

    Headline: Indonesia’s a dud for spuds.

    Intro: Indonesia’s representative to the FAO said in a conference yesterday that the country suffered from a PPP problem. The Poor Potato Potential problem stems from the country’s climate and the potato’s biology and planting requirements. These factors play a key role in the prohibition of the proliferation of the productive potato, underscoring the PPP problem.

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  2. cumi Avatar
    cumi

    hmm.. I like the first better..

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