Lurking Loss for Farmers before the Harvest

Farmers in a number of areas in Java are threatened with crop failure because their rice fields were flooded. This situation occurs when farmers have to bear the increase in production costs and selling price pressures.

KOMPAS/TOTOK WIJAYANTO (TOK)

Farm workers harvest rice in a flooded paddy field in the Rorotan area, North Jakarta, Wednesday (4/1/2023).

INDRAMAYU, KOMPAS — A number of paddy fields in West Java and Central Java were flooded ahead of the harvest period, which was expected to take place in March-April 2023. For farmers, the threat of crop failure and losses due to the low selling price of unhusked rice lurks. Moreover, the purchase price of the government (HPP) of unhusked rice and rice, an instrument to protect farmers, is set below the cost of production.

Monitoring in the northern region of West Java, a number of paddy field areas were flooded. From the elevated Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Toll Road, paddy fields in the Pasir Tanjung area, Cikarang, Bekasi regency, West Java, on Monday (27/2/2023) at 9:49 a.m. were flooded.