Enter The Harvest, MCC Legislators Ask Bulog To Absorb Local Farmers' Rice

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JAKARTA - Members of Commission IV of the House of Representatives of the Hermanto MCC Faction hope bulog can absorb as much local farmers rice as possible during this harvest season. According to him, the step is important so that the price of rice does not fall during the harvest.

Hermanto reminded, price stability is important to ensure the welfare of farmers in various regions. Because, the level of prices that fall let alone fall will be very hit the farmers.

"They (farmers, red) should be made happy to remain eager to manage their farming to provide food for the Indonesian nation," hermanto said, Thursday, April 15.

So, continued the Legislator of West Sumatra, national food needs will not be too dependent on imports.

"We ask Bulog to provide and maintain food stocks throughout Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr in sufficient quantities at a stable price," hermanto said.

Previously, President Director of Perum Bulog Budi Waseso ensured that the national rice stock is safe with a capacity of up to 1 million tons from the absorption of rice production of farmers during the harvest period.

"After weeks all bulog directors went down to the rice fields to monitor and ensure the absorption of domestic farmers' production, as of today Bulog rice stock has penetrated one million tons," said Budi Waseso some time ago.

The rice stock is obtained from the absorption of rice grain farmers in the 2021 harvest season conducted almost a whole month by the management of Perum Bulog. Where the national rice stock of one million tons is a safe limit of the Government Rice Reserves (CBP).