President Jokowi: Keep Food Prices Balanced So Consumers And Farmers Happy

President Jokowi/PHOTO via Instagram @jokowi

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the government is trying to maintain a balance of food commodity prices that benefit consumers and also for farmers and breeders.

President Jokowi while reviewing the Seketeng Sembawa Traditional Market, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province, stated that he had checked prices, both and tended to fall, such as shallots, prices were already Rp. 40 thousand, garlic was also Rp. 40 thousand, cayenne pepper was Rp. 50 thousand.

Jokowi said that apart from the onion commodity, he also reviewed the fluctuations in the price of eggs, chicken, and chicken eggs which also experienced a downward trend in prices in the local market.

The same thing was experienced by rice commodities reported by the President at a reasonable average price.

"But don't let everything go down, the rice goes down too, sorry for the farmers too, sorry for the farmers. This is what we maintain balance so that consumers, the community, are also happy, but farmers are also happy. That's what we take care of," said Jokowi, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 2.

Also attending to accompany President Jokowi on the market review agenda were Minister of Trade (Mendag) Zulkifli Hasan and Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman.