Indonesia Govt asks regions to optimize rice harvests to control prices
The Ministry of Home Affairs in Indonesia is urging regional governments to improve rice milling quality and prepare for the rainy season, with a focus on preventing flooding in flood-prone areas. Additionally, the government has raised its rice reserve target to 2.5 million tons to ensure food self-sufficiency. These measures aim to stabilize rice prices and maintain food security.
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Ministry of Home Affairs is encouraging regional governments to optimize rice harvests in their regions to keep the lid on rice prices.
One of the steps that are being encouraged is ensuring rice milling machines in the regions are of optimal quality.
“It is important to be paid attention to because it affects the absorption by Bulog (state logistics company) because Bulog certainly has criteria (for rice),” the ministry’s acting secretary general, Tomsi Tohir, said in a statement issued here on Monday.
According to his observations, some parties use rice milling machines of poor quality, which produce less than optimal results.
Furthermore, he also asked regional governments to take anticipatory measures for the rainy season.
Based on the forecast of the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), in the period from December 2024 to February 2025, a number of regions in Indonesia are expected to experience high rainfall.
Therefore, anticipatory steps are needed to ensure agricultural and plantation areas are not affected by flooding.
He further said that regions that experience flooding every year need to stay alert. If necessary, those regions can allocate a special budget for weather modification.
This step is deemed important to support anticipatory measures against floods.
In this regard, Tohir asked regional governments to follow the Jakarta provincial government, which has taken that step.
“I want regional governments, especially governors whose regions are frequently hit by floods, to communicate this maximally,” he said.
On Monday, Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs, Zulkifli Hasan, revealed that the government has increased the target for government rice reserves to 2.5 million tons to boost food self-sufficiency.
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Source : Antara
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