A meaningful recovery in prices are only expected to happen two or three years down the road.
KUCHING: Pepper prices fell for a third consecutive year in 2018, amid a glut in the global market.
With current prices close to their 2009 lows, spice growers in Sarawak – the country’s top producer – are struggling to make ends meet, even with government support.
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