Food Price Stabilization
Indonesia's food security can be built only by reducing our dependence on imports, boosting domestic production, and improving distribution and business management from the upstream to the downstream.
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Workers carry empty jerry cans to be filled with bulk cooking oil during the distribution of bulk cooking oil specifically for traders at Pasar Anyar, Tangerang City, Banten, Tuesday (29/3/2022). A total of 10 tons of bulk cooking oil transported by two tank cars are sold specifically to traders who have been previously registered.
The prices of basic food items continue to surge, even though the government has made assurances as to their supply and distribution ahead of Ramadan and Idul Fitri.
The government is urged to quickly stabilize food prices and prepare social protection mechanisms for vulnerable groups from the impacts of the price surge (Kompas, 29/3/2022).