BKP Kementan Pantau Stok dan Harga Pangan Pokok di Kupang
Indonesian Agriculture Ministry Monitor the Food Stock in Kupang City
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Tim dari Badan Ketahanan Pangan (BKP) Kementerian Pertanian RI dan instansi terkait memantau stok dan fluktuasi harga pangan pokok di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) khususnya di Pasar Inpres Naikoten dan gudang Badan Urusan Logistik (Bulog) menjelang Natal dan Tahun Baru usai rapat koordinasi hari besar keagamaan nasional (HBKN) di Kupang pada Senin (11/12).
Kepala Pusat Penganekaragaman Konsumsi dan Keamanan Pangan di Badan Ketahanan Pangan (BKP) Tri Agustin Satriani mengatakan berdasarkan hasil pemantauan harga pangan pokok relatif stabil, hanya harga telur naik Rp1.000 menjadi Rp30.000 per kg dan daging ayam Rp36.000 per kg.
"Stok di gudang Bulog diperkirakan cukup untuk empat bulan ke depan seperti stok beras 42.912 ton, gula pasir 3.557 ton dan minyak goreng 195 ribu ton," kata Tri Agustin.
Kegiatan kunjungan diikuti oleh Staf Ahli Mendag bidang Iklim Usaha dan Hubungan Antar Lembaga, Suhanto; dan Kepala Bank Indonesia (BI) NTT Naik Tigor Sinaga usai rapat koordinasi HKBN di Kupang sebagai tindak lanjut dari rakor HKBN tingkat pusat yang dipimpin Kepala BKP Kementan, Agung Hendriadi di Jakarta, Kamis pekan lalu (7/12).
Sebagaimana diketahui NTT adalah provinsi dengan populasi terbanyak yang merayakan Natal dan Tahun Baru atau 88,88% dari 4,68 juta penduduk menurut hasil sensus penduduk Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS).
Delapan Provinsi
Sebelumnya diberitakan, Kementan melakukan pemantauan khusus pasokan dan harga pangan pokok di delapan provinsi yang mayoritas masyarakatnya akan merayakan Natal dan Tahun Baru yakni Sumatera Utara, Kalimantan Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Sulawesi Utara, Maluku, Maluku Utara, Papua, dan Papua Barat.
"Ada beberapa provinsi yang perlu dilakukan pengawasan intensif, khususnya daerah-daerah yang warganya banyak merayakan Natal dan Tahun Baru," kata Kepala BKP Kementan, Agung Hendriadi di Jakarta
Dia menambahkan, bahwa berdasarkan prognosa kebutuhan 11 komoditas pangan strategis pada November dan Desember mencukupi kecuali daging sapi, yang harus diakui masih minus, namun pemerintah terus berupaya menambah pasokan daging sapi.
Pantauan khusus BKP di kedelapan provinsi ini sangat realistis lantaran tingginya kebutuhan penduduk terhadap kebutuhan pokok jelang Natal dan Tahun Baru. Hasil sensus penduduk dari Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) menyebutkan 31% dari hampir 13 juta penduduk Sumatera Utara akan merayakan hari besar keagamaan Nasrani tersebut.
Begitu pula 34,32% dari 5,34 juta penduduk Kalimantan Barat, 68% dari 2,27 juta penduduk Sulawesi Utara, 48,16% dari 1,53 juta penduduk Maluku, 25,42% dari 1,93 juta penduduk Maluku Utara, 83,15% dari 2,83 juta penduduk Papua, dan 60,80% dari 760.422 penduduk Papua Barat.
Jakarta (B2B) - The team of Indonesian Food Security Agency and related agencies monitored stocks and fluctuations of staple food prices in East Nusa Tenggara province, or NTT, especially in the Naikoten Market and Logistics Agency´s warehouse in Kupang on Monday (December 11) ahead of Christmas and New Year.
Director of Food Diversification Center at Indonesian Agriculture Ministry´s Food Security Agency, Tri Agustin Satriani said based on the monitoring of staple food prices is relatively stable, only the price of eggs rose by 1,000 rupiah to 30,000 rupiah per kg and chicken meat 36,000 rupiah per kg.
"The stock in Bulog warehouse is estimated to be sufficient for next four months such as 42,912 tons of rice stock, 3,557 tons of sugar, and 195 thousand tons of cooking oil," Mrs Satriani said.
The visited was attended by Expert Staff of Trade Minister Suhanto; Head of Bank Indonesia branch of East Nusa Tenggara, Naik Tigor Sinaga after the coordination meeting in Kupang as the followed up of central government´s meeting led by Director General of Food Security Agency, Agung Hendriadi in Jakarta last Thursday (December 7).
As known the NTT is Indonesia´s most populous Christian province or 88.88% of 4.68 million people according to the Statistics Agency census.
Eight Provinces
Previously reported, the agriculture ministry conduct intensive monitoring supply and price of staple foods in eight provinces, the majority of Christians, namely North Sumatra, West Kalimantan, East Nusa Tenggara, North Sulawesi, Maluku, North Maluku, Papua and West Papua.
"There are several provinces that need intensive monitoring, especially in provinces where many people celebrate Christmas and New Year," Mr Hendriadi said.
He claimed referred the prognosis of 11 strategic food commodity needs in November, and December is sufficient except for beef, however, the government seeks to increase the supply of beef.
The ministry´s BKP´s special monitoring in eight provinces is realistic because of high population demand for basic needs ahead of Christmas and New Year. The results of population census by Central Statistics Agency, or the BPS, said 31% of nearly 13 million people of North Sumatra will celebrate the Christian religious holidays.
Similarly, 34.32% of 5.34 million people of West Kalimantan, 68% of 2.27 million people of North Sulawesi, 48.16% of 1.53 million people of Maluku, 25.42% of 1.93 million people of North Maluku, 83.15% of 2.83 million Papuans, and 60.80% of 760,422 West Papuans.
