date:May 20, 2016
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This has affected both leafy vegetables like mustard leaves, watercress and cabbage, and non-leafy vegetables such as long beans, chilli, cucumber, pumpkin and bitter gourd, he said.
Mr Tan said the situation had improved because of the recent rains but the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan would create new problems. Indonesian farm workers will usually head back to their home towns for the fasting month, which leaves us shorthanded, he said.
The situation is made worse by the free