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Entering this year’s main harvest season, rice farmers in West Java and Central Java are facing the dual prospects of crop failure and financial loss from high production costs.

KOMPAS/TOTOK WIJAYANTO (TOK)

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

Kompas reported on Tuesday (28/2/2023) that farmers in several regions had flooded their fields ahead of the main harvest season from the end of March to April.

At the same time, farmers had been overshadowed by the prospect of financial losses, given the high production costs due to high fertilizer prices, as well as rising labor costs and rental costs for agricultural machinery.