Archive: 16 August 2007
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Thu, 16 Aug 2007, 18:48 WIB
Supermarkets challenge farmers
The booming modern retail sector now accounts for 30 percent of Indonesia's retail food trade, a World Bank report says, although Indonesian growers of fresh fruit and vegetables have yet to fully take advantage of the opportunities this provides. "While fresh fruit and vegetables account for 8 percent of supermarket sales and up to 15 percent of urban retail sales, a high proportion -- 80 percent of the fruit and 20 percent of the vegetables -- are imported," says the report.