FOR some reason, fertilizer always seems to be very difficult to get hold of whenever harvest-time comes around. And any that is in fact available has a price tag that is all but out of the reach of most farmers.

With the planting season starting next month, farmers are really going to find it difficult to make ends meet. This time, fertilizer has gone up between Rp200 and Rp250 per kilogram, whereas in previous years the most that prices w