KUALA LUMPUR: Drought and an acute manpower shortage are driving up prices of local fruit but the worst is yet to come, warns the Malaysian Fruit Farmers Association.
Its president Hong Jok Hon said consumers would have to pay even more for their favourite local fruit, including papaya, banana, guava and jackfruit, in the months ahead.
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