BI: Need Extra Business To Control Food Inflation

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI) Doni P. Joewono said efforts to control food inflation in the market require extra escort, such as high rainfall and increasing demand from the community. "Especially in Kalimantan, in line with the potential for increasing demand as a result of the development of national strategic projects, including the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), extra efforts to oversee inflation are needed," Doni said during the dialogue on the National Movement for Strengthening Food Inflation (GNPIP) monitored virtually from Samarinda, quoted from Antara, Saturday 30 March. A number of extra efforts to curb the inflation rate include strengthening supply and efficiency of supply chains in order to ensure price stability and food security. Another thing is the close synergy of the Central and Regional Inflation Control Team (TPIP) through GNPIP in various regions, including the GNPIP Kalimantan Region launched in Samarinda. The 2024 GNPIP program is strengthened by carrying seven programs and 12 sub-programs with various commodities, namely rice, various chilies, onions, and other commodities that are in accordance with the characteristics in each region.

"Beberapa tantangan perlu diantisipasi seperti kondisi curah hujan yang tinggi, fluktuasi produksi antar-waktu dan antar-daerah, hingga pemenuhan komoditas pangan impor," katanya. Sedangkan menghadapi tantangan pengendalian inflasi pada 2024 antara lain produksi pangan domestik yang terbatas, harga pangan global yang meningkat, sinergi dan akselerasi penguatan pasokan, termasuk efisiensi rantai pasok perlu terus dilanjutkan.

The GNPIP for the 2024 Kalimantan Region with seven programs carries the theme "Sinergy and Innovation to Encourage Strengthening Supply and Efficiency of Supply Chains to Support the Stabilization of Kalimantan Food Prices and Security". The seven flagship programs include strengthening the security of strategic food commodities, strengthening the capacity of independent food cultivation, optimizing Inter-Regional Cooperation (KAD). "Then support for facilitation of food distribution, strengthening digitalization and food data, support for optimizing low-cost market/market operations/local stabilization of food supply and prices (SPHP), as well as strengthening coordination and communication," he said.