Red Onion And Safe Chili Stocks Until Lebaran 2023

Photo: Doc. Antara

"The stock of shallots and chilies before fasting and Eid Al-Fitr in 2023 is quite safe, seeing the harvest in the field," said Director of Vegetables and Drug Plants at the Ministry of Agriculture Andi Muhammad Idil Fitri.

"Alhamdulillah, after I saw it at the location, there was an extraordinary harvest at Temanggung-Wonosobo," said Andi Muhammad after harvesting and inspecting the post-harvest warehouse belonging to the Tabindoro Cooperative in Sumbing in Temanggung, Central Java, quoted from Antara, Saturday, February 11.

He said that the harvest of shallots, garlic and chilies is sufficient to supply the needs in Jabodetabek even to Sumatra.

"This is for price stabilization and the availability of shallots, garlic and chilies so that before the fasting month and Eid al-Fitr 2023, God willing, the supplies will be safe," he said.

He conveyed that apart from Temanggung and Wonosobo, there are also several other centers, specifically for chilies in 11 locations, then shallots in 17 locations including Temanggung and Wonosobo.

Andi said that in some places there were price fluctuations, but now they tend to decline, the price of shallots has decreased.

"Hopefully it will continue to decline so that people's purchasing power is affordable," he said.

The head of the Agrapana Jaya Bansari Farmers Group, Temanggung Regency, Siswanto, said that the yield of shallots is quite stable even though the rainfall is high, at 12 to 13 tons per hectare.

He said the price of shallots in the past week has tended to fall. At the farmer level, the price of wet shallots currently ranges from Rp. 14,000 to Rp. 15,000 per kilogram, which previously reached Rp. 22,000 per kilogram.

According to him, the price decrease was due to entering the harvest period, especially at the Temanggung "food estate" (FE) center.

"Until March 2023 we will harvest more," he said.

Siswanto said the harvest plan from the Cooperative partner of the Tawon Sindoro Sumbing is around 47 hectares. Then from farmers who grew independently, there were more than 200 to 300 hectares in Temanggung Regency.

Then for the stable price of chili, the price at the farmer level is IDR 29,000 per kilogram, red cayenne pepper IDR 39,000 per kilogram.

According to him, there are quite a lot of chili production, in Bansari alone there are more than 100 hectares of chili plants.