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Feature: Indonesian farmers suffer as palm oil export ban goes on

by Nurul Ramadhan

JAKARTA, May 16 (Xinhua) — The last couple of weeks have been difficult for Sumochtar, a 51-year-old palm fruit farmer living in the Nagan Raya regency of Indonesia’s Aceh province. His daily income has slumped so drastically that he could not even afford rice for feeding his wife and three kids.

He has suffered a lot since the Indonesian government imposed a ban on palm oil export in l