Distributors Should Be In The Rice Fields
There is strong suspicion that fertilizer subsidies valued at trillions of rupiah have long been misused. The Regional Information and Analysis Center found violations in seven out of 10 towns studied last year. Consequently, poor farmers may not have benefitted by the prices of fertilizers as determined by the governmentvictims of a fertilizer distribution system lacking transparency and difficult to access.The head of the Model Farmers and Fishermen's Association Winarno Tohir and Gunaryo, director-general of Domestic Trade at the Trade Ministry, exposed the chaotic distribution of rice fertilizers to Tempo reporters Akbar Tri Kurniawan, Eka Utami Aprilia and Y. Tomy Aryanto.
September 25, 2012
WINARNO TOHIR:
Distributors are burdened by requests for favors
Why must farmers buy fertilizers above retail prices?
The problem emerges after the fertilizer reaches the retailer, some of whom are legal, others are not. The legal ones must produce receipts and invoices according to the highest retail price. He must sell according to the set price because that includes profit. But there are also unofficial retailers who buy their supplies from leg...