Harga Beras Naik? Mentan Pastikan Hasil Panen Lampaui Kebutuhan
Indonesian Agriculture Minister Ensure Rice Supplies More than Needs
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Kementerian Pertanian RI memastikan persediaan beras secara nasional memadai, dengan memperkirakan hasil panen dari dua juta hektar lahan sawah di seluruh Indonesia pada Januari dan Februari 2015, dengan rata-rata produksi minimal enam juta ton per hektar menghasilkan 12 juta ton gabah kering giling (GKG), sementara persediaan beras di Perum Badan Urusan Logistik (Bulog) sekitar 1,7 juta ton.
"Persediaan beras cukup. Produksi beras di Januari sekitar 600 ribu hektar sawah, hasil panen Februari ini diperkirakan dari 1,3 juta hektar. Katakanlah dua juta hektar kalikan produksi enam sampai tujuh ton per hektar berarti ada 12 juta ton gabah. Sekarang persediaan beras di Bulog sekitar 1,7 juta ton. Itu belum terhitung dari persediaan di lumbung petani, di pasar, dan gudang pedagang," kata Menteri Pertanian RI Amran Sulaiman di kantornya di Jakarta, Jumat sore menanggapi kenaikan harga beras saat ini.
Ketika ditanya wartawan tentang kenaikan harga beras hingga Rp11 ribu per kg, Amran Sulaiman mengaku telah menelepon Menteri Perdagangan Rahmat Gobel.
"Kalau soal harga beras tanya ke menteri perdagangan. Tadi saya sudah kontak, yang jelas wilayah kerja kami adalah memastikan produksi cukup," kata Mentan.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Agriculture Ministry ensure national rice supplies more than enough, with dry milled grain harvest estimate of two million hectares of rice fields across Indonesia in January and February 2015, with an average production of at least six million tonnes per hectare will produce 12 million tons of milled grain, while the rice supplies in Logistics Agency, known as the Bulog, about 1.7 million tons.
"Rice production in January from 600 thousand hectares of rice fields, and 1.3 million hectares of rice fields across Indonesia will harvest this February. Say for example, two million hectares of production multiplied by six to seven tons per hectare, which means that there are 12 million tons of grain. Now the rice supplies in Bulog about 1.7 million tons. That´s not counting of inventory in the barn, in the market, and traders warehouses," Indonesian Agriculture Minister, Amran Sulaiman told the press here in his office on Friday afternoon.
When asked by reporters about the rice price increases to IDR 11,000 per kg, he claimed to have called the Trade Minister, Rahmat Gobel.
"The price of rice ask the trade minister. Earlier I had the phone, our duty to ensure adequate of rice production," Mr Sulaiman added.
