Ministry Of Agriculture Holds Cheap Market, There Is Cooking Oil For IDR 14,000/Liter, Please Check The Location

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Agriculture through the Mitra Tani Market or Toko Tani Indonesia Center (PMT/TTIC) provides cheap food, especially staple and strategic foods, including cooking oil for Rp. 14,000/liter.

"This cheap food title aims to further expand the community's reach of food, especially staple food. This event is in accordance with the direction of the Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo to become an instrument that can help people obtain cheap and quality food," said Head of the Center for Food Distribution and Access, the Food Security Agency (BKP) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Risfaheri in a press release in Jakarta, Thursday, February 10, quoted from Between.

The implementation of this cheap food title uses a shop car (moko) whose movement is flexible and is able to reach out to densely populated areas.

The title for cheap food was carried out by PMT of the Ministry of Agriculture from 7 to 17 February 2022 at 10 points spread across the Jakarta and Depok areas. Risfaheri said this cheap food event would be expanded to other Jabodetabek areas if needed.

Several locations where the Ministry of Agriculture has awarded cheap food are on 7-8 February 2022 in Cengkareng and Grogol Petamburan sub-districts, West Jakarta, and Bojongsari Lama Village, Depok City, West Java. On 9-10 February 2022 in Tambora and Tamansari sub-districts, West Jakarta.

On February 13, 2022 at Jalan Raya Centex Ciracas, East Jakarta. On February 14-15 2022, it will be held in Kebon Jeruk and Palmerah sub-districts, West Jakarta. And on 16-17 February 2022 in Kembangan District and Kalideres District, West Jakarta.

The staple food commodities sold at the event were much cheaper than market prices, including fresh rice at Rp. 45 thousand per 5 kg, cooking oil at Rp. 14 thousand per liter, red onions and curly red chilies at Rp. 25 thousand per kg, garlic. Rp. 20 thousand per kg, and red chilies Rp. 36 thousand per kg.

In addition to the cheap food title, the public can also visit PMT/TTIC outlets spread throughout Indonesia. To suppress the spread of the covid-19 pandemic virus, online services or delivery messages can be the best choice for the community by accessing the PasTani application which can be downloaded through the Playstore.

In addition, services can also be accessed through online delivery services such as GoFood, GoMart, GrabMart, Mitra Bukalapak, and others.

Risfaheri emphasized that the implementation of the cheap food title still applies strict health protocols.

"Of course we implement health protocols to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus, which has recently experienced a significant increase," he said.