Indonesia's Supermarket Boom Offers New Opportunity for Traditional Markets
Originally Posted By: WB report
“Moving over poor roads, lacking cold chains and logistics services while dealing with entrenched bad business practices, Indonesian farmers face formidable odds.
That is the closest they come to the heart of the problem and by far the greatest single cost of produce. To put it into perspective, a Thai or Vietnamese or Filipino farmer can grow produce, truck it to their local port, ship it to Jakarta or Medan or Surabaya, pay the import tariffs and get it to the supermarket for 30~50% LESS COST than an Indonesian farmer, who is merely trucking his produce just 200km from Lampung to Jakarta.