Importers’ Sweet Promises
Thousands of tons of farmers’ sugarcane are piling up in factories owned by the state. They are chasing after importer’s promise.
Khairul Anam
September 22, 2020
WHAT was agreed on paper may not happen in reality. That is something Soemitro Samadikoen knows very well of. And it is his task, as chairman of the Indonesian Sugarcane Farmers Association (APTRI), to ensure that importers keep the promises as signed in a deal on July 16. “Some have met all the requirement. Some have only met parts of the deal, and others have not at all,” Soemitro said on Friday, September 11.
Every day, Soemitro
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