Cak Imin: Rising Rice Prices Should Be Profit Farmers, But Not In Fact

Vice Presidential Candidate number 1 Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin. (Between)

JAKARTA - Vice Presidential Candidate number 1 Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin assessed that something was wrong with the scarcity of rice in the market which led to soaring rice prices.

According to the General Chairperson of the PKB, the price of rising rice should benefit farmers but the reality states otherwise. "The price of rising rice should be the profit of farmers, but in reality it doesn't," said Cak Imin on his X-social media account, Friday, March 1.

Therefore, Cak Imin considers that there are factors that are not appropriate because in fact the community and even farmers are scarcity of rice and the high price of rice in the market.

"But in reality, why not, there must be a lot of things that must be addressed immediately," he said.

Previously, it was reported that the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) revealed that rice commodities took the highest part in the increase in inflation that occurred in February 2024.

Deputy Head of BPS for Production Statistics M Habibullah said inflation in February 2024 was 0.37 percent on a monthly basis or month to month (mtm) or higher than in January 2024 which was only 0.04 percent.

He explained that the main contributor commodities to inflation on a monthly basis or month to month (mtm), namely rice at 0.21 percent, red chili at 0.09 percent, broiler eggs at 0.04 percent, broiler meat at 0.02 percent, cooking oil, machine kretek cigarettes (skm), and potatoes at 0.01 percent, respectively.

Meanwhile, commodities that are dominant in contributing or contributing deflation (mtm), namely shallots by 0.04 percent, tomatoes by 0.03 percent, cayenne pepper by 0.02 percent, fresh fish by 0.01 percent.

Meanwhile, the main contributor commodities to inflation on an annual basis or year on year (yoy), namely rice at 0.67 percent, red chili at 0.17 percent, broiler meat at 0.14 percent, engine kretek cigarettes (SKM) at 0.13 percent, tomatoes at 0.11 percent, and garlic at 0.10 percent.