Mentan Reviewed The Delivery Of 500 Tons Of Rice From South Sumatra At The Cipinang Rice Main Market

Photo: Doc. Food Station Tjipinang Jaya

JAKARTA - Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo (Mentan SYL) ensures the availability of national rice in abundant conditions. Even the first three months of 2023, farmers in a number of centers continued to harvest. He is sure, this condition is able to increase the current rice reserves.

"From our monitoring through satellite imagery, as well as our monitoring in the field, our rice is in abundant condition," he said during a visit to the Cipinang Rice Main Market (PIBC) with the Head of the South Sumatra Province Food and Horticulture Plant Service Bambang Pramono, Tuesday, February 7.

On the same occasion, the Head of the Agriculture Service for Food Crops and Horticulture of South Sumatra Province, Bambang Pramono ensured that the main harvest in his area continued.

In fact, in the last few days, the South Sumatra region has been able to send rice for the needs of DKI Jakarta. One of them is through the Tjipinang Jaya Food Station.

"South Sumatra appreciates that today at the direction of the Minister, we can supply rice to markets that need it today. Meanwhile, for Jakarta we bring 21 tronton units with a total of 494 tons," said Bambang.

President Director of PT Food Station Tjipinang Jaya, Pamrihadi Wiraryo explained the stock and supply of rice to the Cipinang Rice Main Market. Pamrihadi said that the rice stock at the Cipinang Rice Main Market in Jakarta continues to grow due to supplies from Bulog and from a number of regions.

Pamrihadi explained that the stock of rice at PIBC this morning was 14,487 tons. In addition, Bulog rice deposited at the Food Station warehouse as of today at 10.30 p.m. has reached 924 tons, and an estimated 400 tons will still arrive.

Rice supplies from the regions also continue to enter PIBC, where today 21 trucks entered rice from South Sumatra with a cargo capacity of 494 tons to increase rice stocks at PIBC.

"We are also collaborating with the Directorate General of TP of the Ministry of Agriculture & Department of Agriculture of the South Sumatra Provincial Government, today there is a supply of 21 trucks with a cargo of 494 tons directly from South Sumatra to be transacted at the Cipinang Main Market, with the entry of rice from South Sumatra, of course it will increase the number of stocks in PIBC," he explained.

Based on the monitoring of rice prices at PIBC for IR64 medium rice, there is a decrease every day by Rp. 25 per kg. Since January 28, the average medium rice price is at Rp. 10,375 per kg and today's price is, February 7 is Rp. 10,175 per kg.

Pamrihadi revealed, ahead of the religious holidays, namely the month of Ramadan, his party is optimistic that the supply of rice to PIBC will continue to increase both from Bulog and from regions that have started to harvest gradually at the end of February and March, so that rice stocks will return to normal and rice prices will stabilize again.

"By the end of February and March, several rice production centers will start to harvest gradually so that rice stocks will return to normal and rice prices will stabilize again," he said.