Ganjar Will Explain About National Food Sovereignty At The PDIP National Working Meeting

Presidential Candidate Ganjar Pranowo together with PDIP (ANTARA) cadres

JAKARTA - The presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo will deliver a speech regarding food sovereignty in the IV PDIP National Working Meeting (Rakernas) at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, Friday, September 29. "We are talking about food sovereignty, so all are asked to seriously take care of this food issue from upstream to downstream," said Ganjar when asked what the media crew was about what is the important point in his speech at the Rakernas IV PDIP quoted by ANTARA. For that, he asked that food issues must be taken seriously both from upstream and downstream. This also includes fertilizers that will be used, good seeds to living environments that are starting to be damaged. "It's quite complex, yes, that's why today's PDIP is talking about food and it's very strategic," he said. Not only that, continued the former Governor of Central Java, El Nino's phenomenon also has many impacts on society. The reason is, this phenomenon makes the decrease in the amount of rainfall far below normal for several regions in Indonesia. "Now that El Nino occurs, this is the most needed issue by the people. The price of rice is also being high, so it needs control from us," explained Ganjar. As for one of the current rice commodities experiencing price increases, so it is necessary to control to reduce the price of increasingly expensive rice. Based on data from the Food Agency Price Panel today at 11.26 WIB, the price of medium rice rose by Rp. 170 to Rp. 13,220 per kilogram from last week around Rp13,050.

The Rakernas IV was held for three days from September 29 to October 1, 2023. The PDIP Rakernas IV theme is "Food Sovereignty for the Welfare of the Indonesian People" with the theme "Pangan as an Emble of Indonesian Leadership Supremacy for the World".