Gov`t to Conduct Market Operation to Reduce Rice Prices
27 September 2015 14:28 WIB
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.
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