“People do not need to worry about food price fluctuations that occur especially ahead of Eid al-Fitr. An increase of about 10% from reference price is still reasonable in facing Eid, because traders certainly need more income to get to Eid,” said Risfaheri.
To help community, Food Security Agency has provided sufficient stocks of strategic staple food at Mitra Tani Market / Toko Tani Indonesia Center in Jakarta, Bogor and Depok at prices that are cheaper than market prices.
People can not only shop directly, but also through online via gofood, grabmart, Bukalapak and PasTani, even to face Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr PMT provides free postage services. Not only that, PMT also held cheap food titles in residential centers in Jabodetabek area while still paying attention to Covid Health Prokes19.
The Head of BKP of Ministry of Agriculture, Agung Hendriadi, has also asked all regional food offices to continue to maintain stability of food supply and prices through various actions, including holding Cheap Food Awards intensively in their respective regions.
For areas experiencing a shortage of supply, Food Security Agency also provides transportation costs assistance from areas of surplus that are cheaper to areas of deficit experiencing extreme price increases, in an effort to maintain stability of food supply and prices throughout region.
Previously, Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo, stated that availability of foodstuffs prior to Eid Al-Fitr 1442 Hijriyah was sufficient to meet people needs with controlled food prices. The availability of food in 12 main commodities is currently in a safe condition.
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