DECREASED FOOD ABSORPTION

Petani separates the pests of rice bars in rice fields in Blitar, East Java, Wednesday (12/8). The long dry season triggers the cost and rice price from farmers higher than the government’s purchase price so that the procurement of food carried out by Perum Bulog decreases drastically up to 80 percent. ANTARA PHOTO/RFID Anshori/zk/kye/15