Jokowi's National Secretariat Asks The Government To Take Action To Stable Soybean Prices

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JAKARTA - Secretary of the Council of Experts National Secretary (Seknas) Jokowi Todotua Pasaribu advised the Government not to release soybean procurement to free trade as an effort to anticipate the soaring soybean price in the country. considering that tempeh is the food of a million people," he said in a written statement received in Jakarta, Wednesday, February 23. According to him, the government needs to take cross-ministerial policies related to local soybean cultivation and soybean imports. In this case, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Trade are asked to coordinate more solidly. Jokowi's National Secretariat is of the view that in the future there needs to be policy and technological breakthroughs in the agricultural sector, so that Indonesia can produce local soybean varieties with high productivity.

Moreover, considering the high demand for producing tempe and tofu. Therefore, it is the duty and responsibility of the Government, especially the National Food Agency to maintain price stability in addition to formulating strategies and policies related to soybean procurement. He said referring to data from the Indonesian Soybean Association (Akindo), since February 11, soybean prices have been set at Rp. 000 per kilogram, from the previous range of Rp. 8,000/kg. Meanwhile, when a number of Jokowi National Secretariat volunteers conducted a direct survey to traditional markets around Jakarta, the price of soybeans reached Rp. 15,000 to Rp. 18,000 per kilogram. , so that Jokowi's National Secretariat conveys a number of suggestions for stakeholders regarding the potential increase in tempe prices," he said again.