Rice prices are rising, Society is getting clamped, the income can not meet the needs.
As in Kabupaten Aceh Utara, the price of rice increased by Rp1500 to Rp2500 per kilogram during the last two weeks, both in the collecting and bulking levels.
Abdullah, a rice trader at Lhokseumawe City's Inpres Market, admitted that the price hike occurred gradually and not at once, with the price difference of several types of rice sold in the market reaching between Rp2,500-Rp3,500 per kilogram in the last two weeks.