Indonesia's rice production disrupted badly by El Nino, inflation in country expected to rise

JAKARTA (Xinhua): The extreme El Nino phenomenon in Indonesia has disrupted the rice production in the largest economy of South-East Asia, which has resorted to imports to secure domestic stocks.

A prolonged drought resulting in lower rice production has pushed the rice price to soar, which could be directly felt by the public. Yanto, the owner of a warteg, a kind of food stall that sells various cheap meals, in East Jakarta, said that the profit of his business had been significantly declining since August.