Two months ago, Indonesian farmer Tama harvested several tonnes of shallots from...
GRINTING, Indonesia - Two months ago, Indonesian farmer Tama harvested several tonnes of shallots from a small plot of land he had rented in the village of Grinting in central Java.
But Widodo has also sought to control retail prices, leading to more food imports and a cap on the market price of staples such as rice and shallots, making it hard for farmers to sell at a profit. “I go to my friends to borrow money, or work on anything I can find,” said Tama, who - like many Indonesians - has only one name.
Widodo’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment. Sriyanto Saputro, a spokesman for Prabowo’s campaign in Central Java, said internal surveys suggested he was leading in Brebes.Widodo’s policies have calmed inflation, which is now about 2.5 percent - its lowest in a decade - compared with about 8 percent when he took office. That has underpinned steady growth in household spending, which represents more than half of Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
Before the Brexit Road was built, it would take truck drivers about eight hours to transport shallots from farm to market in Jakarta, negotiating potholes, regular flooding of the highway and flag-downs by people demanding random charges. Today, the same journey takes about four hours. Some farmers in Central Java, traditionally a stronghold for Widodo’s party, are so irked by the government’s policies that they will vote for the opposition next week.
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