RICE IMPORT BARREL

The workers transport the sacks containing new rice milled in rice milling in Kilasah, Kasemen, Serang, Banten, Sunday (14/1). The Banten Provincial Government through the Agriculture Department rejects the import plan of rice because the rice harvester has started with the production prediction of January-Maret 2018 rice reaches 512.388 tons far beyond the local consumption requirements during January - March 324,000 tons so that it will occur surplus 188.388 tons of rice that when it is not immediately absorbed will harm the farmers who are being harvested. ANTARA PHOTO/Asep Fathulrahman/nz/18