The Jakarta provincial government has assured that food stocks, especially staple goods, in the city are sufficient to meet the needs of residents during the Ramadan month.
“We have calculated that the stock availability is safe, both in quantity and quality,” head of the Food, Maritime, and Agriculture Security Service (KPKP), Suharini Eliawati, said during a meeting with Commission B of the Jakarta Regional People’s Representative Council on Wednesday.
She also assured that the stocks of six basic necessities allocated for the poor and vulnerable groups, or subsidized affordable food, were sufficient.
The six basic necessities allocated under the affordable food subsidy are rice, beef, chicken meat, eggs, milk, and mackerel.
Meanwhile, president director of Regional State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Food Station, Tjipinang Jaya Pamrihadi Wiraryo, informed that the rice stocks had reached around 30 thousand tons as of March 22, 2022.
The average consumption of rice in Jakarta reached 86 thousand tons per month, or an average of 2,800 tons per day, while the incoming stock was around 3 thousand tons, he added.
For the preparation of other food stocks, he said the authorities have readied 1,500 tons of granulated sugar, 75 thousand tons of cooking oil, 400 tons of chicken eggs in 15-piece packaging, and 100 tons of all-purpose flour.
Jakarta’s KPKP has mapped food requirements for the fasting month period until Eid al-Fitr, namely from April–May 2022. For rice, the requirement is estimated to reach 208 thousand tons, 7,576 tons for beef, 67,245 tons for chicken, 73,174 tons for chicken eggs, and 7,110 tons for red chili pepper.
Then, the requirement for large curly chili is estimated at 8,679 tons, red onions 19,894 tons, garlic 5,444 tons, sugar 16,796 tons, and cooking oil 53,127 tons, Eliawati informed.
Source: Antara News