We Need Three-Month’s Food Reserves
National Food Agency Chief Arief Prasetyo Adi explains the scarcity of some food items, such as cooking oil, and the supply management for food resilience. What is anticipated for food necessities during and at the end of Ramadan?
Abdul Manan
April 4, 2022
FOOD is a sensitive public topic. Scarcity of food commodities such as rice, soybeans, and cooking oil, is always a discussion topic: people question the government’s performance in handling basic needs. Especially when food commodity prices are shooting up, and some are even hard to get as the fasting month of Ramadan arrives. This, in turn, is due to the disruption in global supply chain caused by the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Nati
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