"The raise posed pressure on rice production, " Gaffari Ramadhan, economic researcher of Bank Indonesia here said on Friday.
He said however that demand for GKP in the province remained unchanged.
"Continued heavy rain in this year`s first quarter had affected rice production," he said.
A similar weather anomaly also prevailed in some other countries, which will affect rice production.
"Under such condition, the growth of the farming sector may be slightly hampered," he said.
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