Vice President Visits Bulog To Check Rice Availability For Ramadan 2022

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin visited the warehouse of Perum Bulog Jakarta to review the availability of rice supplies ahead of the month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. "Today, thank God, I visited Bulog to obtain information about the availability or adequacy of rice supply," said the Vice President in Jakarta. Jakarta, Friday, March 11. The Vice President said that the visit to the Perum Bulog warehouse was carried out after he previously visited the Ministry of Agriculture to monitor food stocks. "From the Bulog report, there are enough processes to improve the quality here, so that later there will be no more bad rice but good rice," he said, quoted by Antara. agriculture, then entrepreneurs are expected not to export as long as g. Domestic needs have not been met. "In order to prioritize domestic, including rice, cooking oil and so on," said the Vice President. "Finally, I hope that the law is enforced, so that strict law enforcement is carried out against speculators who hoard commodities, thus causing public needs to be disturbed," said the Vice President. affect the scarcity of goods and increase in prices. On that occasion, the President Director of Bulog Budi Waseso said that the current supply of rice was sufficient, where Bulog had mapped out the areas that would harvest. Budi Waseso said his party was committed to prioritizing domestic needs." We always work together a with the Head of the National Food Agency with the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Trade, the Minister of Industry. The point is that the main thing is food for number one," explained Budi. Budi asked the public not to doubt the availability of rice at cheap prices. The Head of the National Food Agency, Arief Prasetyo Adi, said that his party continues to cooperate with all stakeholders, including the private sector and associations. "The National Food Agency is ready to face Ramadan and Eid. We work closely with all stakeholders including the private sector, associations. And yesterday there was enough meat, and live cattle were ready to be mobilized from East Java to Jakarta and Greater Bandung. The president of Bulog has conveyed the rice, the cooking oil is in the process, yesterday the Minister of Trade has also raised the DMO to 30 percent, we will continue to check," he explained.