Coordinating Minister Zulhas Ensures Safe Food Stock Ahead Of Ramadan And Eid Al-Fitr 2025

Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs (Menko Pangan) Zulkifli Hasan. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs (Menko Pangan) Zulkifli Hasan ensures that food stocks are sufficient and available to face the period of Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr 2025.

"God willing, everything can go well, please pray and support," he told reporters, Sunday, February 23.

The man who is familiarly called Zulhas also said that in addition to ensuring sufficient food stocks, the government is also trying to keep prices affordable in the market.

Especially, continued Zulhas, for nine main necessities (bapok) namely rice, sugar, cooking oil, beef and chicken meat, chicken eggs, chilies, bring red and garlic.

Zulhas also said that his party had held a coordination meeting with ministries/agencies, including local governments, to discuss food stock conditions.

"The stock is enough, the price is affordable, yes, we have held coordination meetings several times," he explained.

Previously, the Acting Secretary of the National Food Agency (NFA), Sarwo Edhy, said that a number of food commodities were monitored in sufficient supply conditions at prices that were still in a reasonable range.

This was conveyed by Sarwo Edhy after a working visit to Beringharjo Market, Ngupasan, Gondomanan District, Yogyakarta City, on Wednesday, February 19.

Some commodity prices at Beringharjo Market include bulk cooking oil of IDR 17,500 per liter, Oil Kita IDR 16,000 per liter, chicken meat IDR 35,000 per kilogram (kg), and chicken eggs which experienced a slight increase from an average price of IDR 26,500 per kg to IDR 27,500 per kg.

Meanwhile, the price of beef is at Rp130,000 per kg, shallots Rp28,500 per kg, garlic Rp38,500 per kg, curly red chilies Rp43,500 per kg, large red chilies Rp52,000 per kg, and sugar consumption Rp17,500 per kg.

Meanwhile, the price of premium rice in the market was observed at Rp. 14,000 per kg, medium rice Rp. 13,000 per kg, and rice stabilization of Supply and Food Price (SPHP) Rp. 12,500 per kg or Rp. 62,500 per sack filled with 5 kg.

Sarwo Edhy said the government continues to strive to maintain a balance of supply and food prices in line with the direction of the Head of NFA who said that people can fast in peace.

"During Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, there is usually an increase in food demand, which of course must be anticipated so that inflation, especially food inflation, is maintained. Therefore, we must ensure that distribution runs smoothly and prices remain affordable," he said.