Rice Governance, Ganjar Strengthens The Importance Ofwaste And Integrity

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo (ISTIMEWA)

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo said it was very important honesty and integrity related to rice management under current conditions. "This is an evaluation of all of us. At least for me as governor, we must be honest with our food conditions. Once again, we must be honest with our food conditions," said Ganjar after seeing the rice harvest in Krengseng Village, Gringsing District, Batang Regency, Saturday (11/02/2023).Ganjar explained, rice conditions in Central Java are not lacking. Rice stock is still added again, it is now entering the harvest season. Even the harvest results in Central Java are also purchased in other regions. "This rice field does not have an ID card so that it was harvested, like yesterday's experience in Grobogan, bought from West Java and (rices) left. We can't prohibit it, then it's legal. The potential from Central Java is indeed high. But this honesty and integrity is important so that we don't have enough to say now rice is there but where no one knows," explained Ganjar. For that Ganjar calls for an improvement in the harvest and rice yield management system. So when it is said that the stock of rice can still be searched for where it is. "When it is searched for in the warehouse, there is no, in the stock, then these numbers become meaningless. Now we build and improve the system so that it can know if there is something, where it is," he said. According to Ganjar, the easiest way is that each region must have a regional Bulog. In that place all rice and rice stocks are stored and issued when conditions are needed. "In fact, Bulog or rice stocks managed by the Regional Governments such as the Regency Government and the Provincial Government. So it is felt that the regions must have regional catalogs as a stock to help if something happens. This is our experience. Our problem is to die in a rice barn," he said.Ganjar added, the operation has been carried out to stabilize the increase in rice prices in the last few days. Even Bulog has issued CBP rice for market operations. On average per day about 500 tons per day for market operations." The CP coverage from Bulog is already distributed. For the daily market operation per day averaged to 500 tons, he said