Datangi Masalah, Atasi Kendala: Harga DOC Dituntaskan Mentan di Lapangan
Indonesian Agriculture Minister Solve Food Problems in the Field
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
KOMITMEN menyelesaikan masalah pangan secara cepat, tepat dan legal di lapangan kembali dibuktikan oleh Menteri Pertanian RI Andi Amran Sulaiman, saat menanggapi keluhan peternak ayam atas tingginya harga anak ayam berumur satu hari atau day old chick (DOC), dan masalah peternak diselesaikan di lapangan banyak cingcong.
Fakta itu terungkap dari kunjungan kerja Mentan ke peternakan rakyat di Desa Tonjong, Kecamatan Tajur, Kabupaten Bogor pada Rabu (23/11). Setelah para peternak setempat mengeluhkan tingginya harga DOC di kisaran Rp4.850 hingga Rp6.500 per ekor.
"Harga jual hanya Rp16.500 per kilo, tapi biaya produksi sampai Rp18 ribu per kilo, ya kami rugi pak menteri, kami berharap pemerintah dapat membantu mengatasi kesulitan peternak rakyat seperti kami," kata Agus Suwarno, pemilik peternakan ayam yang dikunjungi Mentan.
Keluhan serupa dikemukakan oleh Joko Sulistio dan Tri Hardianto lantaran tingginya harga DOC dari produsen, dan harga pakan ternak juga mahal sehingga tak jarang mereka harus menjual rugi hingga Rp2.000 per kg ketimbang merugi lebih besar.
Raut muka Mentan Amran Sulaiman tampak gusar mendengar fakta tersebut, dan langsung mengangkat telepon genggamnya dan menelepon tiga bos dari perusahaan pemasok utama DOC yakni PT Japfa Comfeed, PT Charoen Pokphand, dan PT Melindo tentang harga yang layak bagi peternak rakyat sebagai konsumen mereka.
"Tadi mereka mengeluhkan harga DOC. Kami langsung telepon. Japfa Comfeed bersedia menjual Rp4.800 dari biasanya Rp5.200 per ekor, Charoen Phokpand juga bersedia menjual dengan harga yang sama. Kami mengimbau kepada semua pengusaha DOC agar mau menjual dengan harga yang sama, maksimal Rp4.800 per ekor," kata Mentan kepada pers usai melakukan pembicaraan via telepon.
Mendengar kabar tersebut, para peternak mengaku senang namun mereka mengharapkan regulasi pemerintah hendaknya berpihak kepada peternak rakyat dan kepentingan konsumen.
THE COMMITMENT resolve the food problems in the field with a quick, accurate and legally re-proved by Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman, having heard complaints from poultry farmers because the price of day old chick (DOC) lately increasingly expensive that it becomes a burden for small farmers.
The fact was revealed on his official visit into the local farm in Tonjong village of Tajur subdistrict in Bogor district of West Java province on Wednesday (23/11). After the local farmers complained about the high price of DOC from 4,850 to 6,500 rupiah per DOC.
"The selling price of chicken per head is only 16,500 rupiah per kilo, but the production costs up to 18 thousand rupiah per kilo, so we lose, we hope the central government can help overcome our difficulties as small farmers," said Agus Suwarno, owners of chicken farms were visited by Minister Sulaiman.
Similar complaints said by Joko Sulistio, and Tri Hardianto because DOC prices are expensive, so did the price of animal feed so they often have to sell at a loss of around 2,000 rupiah per kg than the loss even more.
Minister Sulaiman's face looked upset having heard the facts, and immediately took his cell phone, then called executives of the main suppliers of DOC namely Japfa Comfeed Corp., Charoen Pokphand Corp., and Melindo Corp. about DOC price affordable by small farmers as their consumers.
"The small farmers complain about the price of the DOC. I immediately called the main suppliers. Japfa Comfeed willing to sell 4,800 of usually 5,200 rupiah per DOC, Charoen Phokpand willing to sell at the same price. We appealed to all suppliers of DOC in order to sell at the same price, maximum 4,800 rupiah per DOC," he told the press after talks via cellphone.
Heard the good news, the farmers admitted happy, but they expect the regulation should support the interests of small farmers and consumers.
