(13 Feb 1998) T/I: 10:20:45
The impact of the Indonesia currency crisis on drought-striken southern Sumatra is leading to rises prices and unemployment. Imminent food shortages and soaring costs are affecting areas that have endured the three year drought. Many people are finding it impossible to cope.
The costs of basic foods like rice, sugar and cooking oil has tripled in many areas in the past few months. In drought-hit areas the cost of imported rice is beyond the diminishing means of local families.
Pressure on rural towns is growing sharply as thousands of migrant workers return home from closing factories and lost construction jobs in the cities.
SHOWS:
RAMAN UTARA 11/02
Farmar Suradji pulling cart with cassava
Suraji pulling cover off drying cassava;
Suraji moving drying cassava around
SOT SURADJI: "I don't have anything left I can sell - all I have is my livestock - I don't have any jewellery"
WS woman mixing cassava with small amounts of rice;
BANDAR LAMPUNG 12/02
GV market;
people selling vegetables;
man pouring rice;
ms foodstuffs in shop;
SOT, Michel Koster, EU Irrigation Project leader: "Many of them are in bad health, you can see it. The colour of the hair is changing to redish-brown with white spots on the skin - these are the first signs of malnutrition";
COUNTRYSIDE, LAMPUNG, 11/02
Farmers preparing fields for transplanting rice;
ws farmer on bicycle taking rice to market;
ox in wood;
ws people loading sweet potatoes
in back of truck;
ms man carrying bag of potatoes;
cu potatoes;
man inspecting crop;
potatoes being emptied into truck;
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