SEVERAL areas in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) have been hit by serious food shortages since last February. In East Sumba regency there are 156 villages experiencing food scarcity. A similar disaster struck 47 villages in South-Central Timor (TTS) regency. Head of NTT’s Food Resilience and Guidance Agency, Nico Balanuhan, 54, said that the provincial government had sent a team to inspect 20 regencies in NTT.

Last Thursday, Nico answered questions