Indonesia's rice reserve not sufficient to weather El Nino next year

A farmer plows rice fields with the help of two buffaloes near a rest area of the Bawean-Salatiga toll road in Central Java. - JP This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "RI's rice reserve not sufficient to weather El Niño next year". Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2023/07/27/ris-rice-reserve-not-sufficient-to-weather-el-nio-next-year.html. Download The Jakarta Post app for easier and faster news access: Android: http://bit.ly/tjp-android iOS: http://bit.ly/tjp-ios

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Indonesia may face challenges in keeping a sufficient rice supply next year as the country struggles to maintain stocks because of challenges caused by El Niño and export curbs from other rice-producing countries.

The United Nation’s World Meteorological Organization declared El Niño was already under way with a 90-per cent chance that it would continue during the second half of this year.