Why Premium Rice is Scarce
Monday, October 23, 2023
Some of the premium brands of rice disappear from the market. It is the result of pegging its highest retail price.
YEKA Hendra Fatika, a member of the Indonesian Ombudsman, brought together rice milling entrepreneurs in Banten with the management of Wilmar Padi Indonesia two times last September. These meetings were held since rice millers protested Wilmar, which they accused of causing the price of unhusked rice in Serang, Banten, to skyrocket. As the Wilmar rice factory was buying unprocessed rice from farmers at high prices, traditional mills were not
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