Review Report ---------------------- DATE: April 19, 2021 PAPER ID: 5107-1337 TITLE: Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic On Local Rice Supply Chain FlowPatterns In Kapuas Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia AUTHORS: Yuni Erlina, Evi Feronika Elbaar JOURNAL: WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics [SCOPUS indexed Journal] Print ISSN: 1109-9526, E-ISSN: 2224-2899 Reviewer 1 ----------------- Dear authors, Interesting article and idea. However, in my opinion, it needs serious corrections. Below are my comments. 1. Please write more in the introduction about the research gap, research goal, research questions? 2. Please specify exactly what period the research covered (in Research Methods). 3. Please introduce discussions with other articles in your conclusions. Provides two sample articles related to COVID-19 delivery management - Zimon, G.; Babenko, V.; Sadowska, B.; Chudy-Laskowska, K.; Gosik, B. Inventory Management in SMEs Operating in Polish Group Purchasing Organizations during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Risks 2021, 9, 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/risks9040063 - Walasek, R; Zimon G.; 2020. The Analysis of Financial Liquidity Management in Small Transport Enterprises During the COVID 19 Pandemic - Case Study of Poland, WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics, Volume 17, 2020, pp. 786-795. - Flavius Guias, Effects of the Reproduction Number in a SEIIRD Model Describing the Time Evolution of COVID-19 at Country Level, WSEAS Transactions on Computers, Volume 19, 2020, pp. 292-297. - Clare Chua, Nursel Selver Ruzgar, Perceptions of Business Students toward Online Education before and in Transition Period of COVID-19, WSEAS Transactions on Computers, Volume 19, 2020, pp. 242-261. 4. Please supplement the literature with articles on COVID-19 problems. 5. Please explain to what extent the research conducted filled the research gap. 6. Conclusion – Please clearly set future research and limitations of delivered study. Additional Questions: ========================== Does the paper contribute to the body of knowledge?: Yes. Is the paper technically sound?: Yes. Is the subject matter presented in a comprehensive manner?: It should be improved. Are the references provided applicable and sufficient?: Please supplement the literature with articles on COVID-19 problems. Recommendation: The paper can be published after major revision. Reviewer 2 ---------- Some points should be included within the manuscript in order to improve the publication. a) More attention needs to be drawn to the format of the manuscript (https://wseas.org/wseas/cms.action?id=4020). The page break after the abstract should be removed. The introduction should be started on the first page. b) The abstract should be thoroughly rewritten. Importance of the work should be pointed out through giving some specific results. c) Section 3 'Research methods' should be rewritten because it is incomprehensible. d) In the section 4, the statistical analysis is very poor and should be extended. Additional Questions: ========================== Does the paper contribute to the body of knowledge?: Yes Is the paper technically sound?: Yes Is the subject matter presented in a comprehensive manner?: Significant improvements are needed. Are the references provided applicable and sufficient?: Yes Recommendation: Accepted after major revision. Reviewer 3 ------------- Comments: The description of the problem and the methodology are not clearly written. Please explain them. In conclusions section the authors summarize the main points of their study. The authors should explain the contribution of their approach in comparison to approaches of other researchers. In addition, in conclusions section the authors should refer the advantages of their study. They should emphasize and analyze them in detail. I think that the Section 4.C (Local rice supply chain Flow patterns suring the covid-19 pandemic) should be presented with more details. In general, I think it is worthy of publishing. Additional Questions: ========================== Does the paper contribute to the body of knowledge?: Yes Is the paper technically sound?: Yes Is the subject matter presented in a comprehensive manner?: No. It can be improved. Are the references provided applicable and sufficient?: Yes Recommendation: Publish the paper after corrections.