Mentan Sidak Pasar di Serang Pantau Pasokan dan Harga Beras
The Rice Stock at Banten` Rau Market is Adequate
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Serang, Banten (B2B) - Pasar tradisional kerap menjadi perhatian Menteri Pertanian RI, Amran Sulaiman dalam setiap kunjungan kerjanya di daerah, untuk memantau pasokan sembako dan pergerakan harga kebutuhan pokok khususnya beras. Hal serupa dilakukannya ketika berada di Serang, Banten dengan mengunjungi Pasar Rau, Serang.
Setelah berbincang dengan dua distributor beras di pasar tersebut, Mentan memberi keterangan kepada pers dari Jakarta dan lokal yang mengikuti kunjungan kerjanya bahwa harga beras di Pasar Rau sekitar Rp8 ribu hingga Rp9 ribu per kilogram.
"Pernah sampai Rp10 ribu per kg tapi turun Rp2 ribu sejak bulan lalu, karena pasokan beras di Banten stabil setelah panen raya akhir tahun lalu."
Dia pun meminta Kepala Dinas Pertanian dan Peternakan Provinsi Banten, Eneng Nurcahyati terus memantau pasokan beras dan pergerakan harganya, baik di pasar tradisional maupun pasar modern.
Dalam sidak tersebut, Mentan Amran Sulaiman didampingi Dirjen Pengolahan dan Pemasaran Hasil Pertanian (P2HP), Yusni E Harahap; Wakil Bupati Serang, Rati Tatu Chasanah; dan beberapa pejabat dari Kementerian Pertanian RI.
Serang, Banten (B2B) - Traditional markets are often the attention of the Indonesian Agriculture Minister, Amran Sulaiman every visit to the regions, to monitor supply of basic materials and price fluctuations. The same thing he did when he was in Serang district, Banten province by visiting the Rau Market in Serang.
After talking with rice distributors in the market, he gave a statement to the press from Jakarta and local to follow his working visit that rice prices around IDR 8,000 to IDR 9,000 per kilogram.
"A month ago ever to Rp 10,000 per kg but now down by IDR 2,000, because supply of of rice in Banten stable after the harvest recently."
He asked to the local agricultural official, Eneng Nurcahyati continue to monitor supply of rice and price fluctuations, both in traditional and modern market.
During his visit, Amran Sulaiman was accompanied by Agriculture Ministry´s Director General of Processing and Marketing, Yusni E Harahap, Serang Deputy Regent, Rati Tatu Chasanah and public relations staff.
