Indonesia is getting ready to import rice again because of this forecast

Rice

Indonesia

Published Mar 18, 2023

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The government admits that the rice import option is still open this year. Although, the Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo Adi said, the government will still monitor the main harvest results in these 3 months. Turns out it's not unreasonable. The import discourse started with predictions of weather conditions in Indonesia, which are predicted to experience El Nino starting mid-year. "Everyone in the world is discussing climate change. Today it's hot, tomorrow it will rain. BMKG (Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency), Ms. Dwikorita WA (WhatsApp) told me, the conditions could be 50-60% we will have El Nino," Arief said when met at Kramat Jati Market, Jakarta, Friday (17/3/2023). He explained, El Nino or the phenomenon of warming sea surface temperature (SML) above normal conditions, is the opposite of La Nina. "If it's La Nina we are given the opportunity to plant more because of the rain, but if it's El Nino it means the ...

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