date:May 20, 2016
Hot weather and a lack of rain caused by the El Nino phenomenon is affecting crop production in Malaysia and Thailand. As a result Singaporean consumers can expect to pay more for vegetables imported from Malaysia and coconuts from Thailand.
Federation of Malaysian Vegetable Farmers Association president Tan So Tiok told The Star newspaper that local vegetable output had dropped 20 per cent since last month. The shortage has also affected supply to Singapore by about the same percentage, he sai