Gov`t to Conduct Market Operation to Reduce Rice Prices
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Minggu, 27 September 2015 14:28 WIB
Dua orang Petani merontokkan gabah saat panen di Karawang, 17 April 2015. Panen raya, harga gabah di karawang Rp 4.700 perkilogramya, petani mengeluhkan naiknya harga pupuk urea yang mencapai Rp 50.000 ribu rupiah per kuintalnya. TEMPO/Wisnu Agung Prasetyo
TEMPO.CO, Karawang - President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo announced on Sunday that this week the government is set to conduct a market operation to reduce the price of rice.
"Our priority is enough rice supply, smooth distribution and affordable piece. This will be a market operation in a big scale. This week. So that the price of rice can be reduced,” Jokowi said during a paddy harvest in Karawang on Sunday (27/9).
According to Jokowi, the government also has to ensure rice supply security due to the impacts of El Nino. He also said that the government still has to calculate the impacts of El Nino.
"We need to have enough supply of rice to anticipate the impacts of El Nino in December and January," he added.