Babel Gandeng Alumni ITB Develops Agricultural Technology In Order To Press Inflation

Illustration. The potential for food barns on ex-gambut rice fields is worked on by the community in Canal Makmur Village, Kapuas Regency, Central Kalimantan. (Doc of the Ministry of Agriculture)

BABEL - The Provincial Government of Bangka Belitung Islands (Babel) plans to develop agricultural technology to increase production to suppress inflation. Development collaborates with the Bandung Institute of Technology Alumni Association (IA-ITB).

"Currently, almost 80 percent of the basic needs of the community are still imported from outside the region, because the agricultural products of farmers are still low," said Acting Governor of the Babel Islands Ridwan Djamaluddin in Pangkalpinang, Babel, Sunday, December 18, as reported by Antara.

Ridwan said technology development also covers the agriculture, fisheries, MSMEs and other sectors to improve the economy of the people in Babylon.

"Currently we are focusing on increasing agricultural products such as rice, onions, chilies and other people's food needs to suppress inflation," he said.

He said that initially I served in the Province of the Babylon Islands, Babel inflation reached 6.79 percent or the highest in Indonesia and two months later it dropped to the third highest national ranking and fell again to 5.5 percent and inflation in November 2022 Babel inflation was 5.65 percent or ranked 24th nationally.

"One of the triggers for this inflation is rice which experienced 2.67 percent inflation," he said.

Therefore, the Provincial Government of the Babel Islands is active and encourages farmers to develop technology-based agriculture to increase rice production.

"We continue to encourage the public to develop this agricultural and fisheries sector to suppress inflation in this area," he said.