This style of food import dependency report: sniper

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Sindonews.com -Agricultural Observer, Ahmad said, Jacob there are three things that must be addressed the Government of Indonesia is related to the food problem, so as not to depend on imports and achieve self-sufficiency in food.

He explained, the first is related to the land. Currently, much of the agricultural land converted to wetlands non foodstuff, such as used for infrastructure, forestry, housing, and other development.

"In Indonesia it happened to land conversion. Based on data from the national land Agency (BPN) and the Ministry of agriculture (Kementan) there are about 150 thousand hectares (ha) of farmland were converted into non agricultural land per year, "he said when contacted Sindonews, Saturday (23/3/2013).

According to him, if the land is converted to rice fields, then the results will be great. In the unlikely event of the year to harvest two times, then the area of cultivation occurring around 300 thousand ha. "Well, if you can planting five once tons per ha, means there are about 1.5 million tonnes per annum of 300 thousand ha of rice," he said.

Second, he continued, with the production of bekaitan. Where the availability of seed and fertilizer both organic and non organic fertilizers less timely. In addition, the technology used for the production of farmers not to grow since the first.

"It's all because we fail to understand that Indonesia is a small scale agriculture and family-based. So, don't be introduced with technology such as planting machine in another country that cost billions of dollars, the baseball sense. Technology that allows for us is the collective or community, "explained him.

Third, related to the existence of clear rules of Commerce. Ahmad menuturka, the farmer will become the first victim if the price comes down distinctly. This is because there are no incentives from the Government. "If it is, it does not reach all farmers," he said.

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Kemendag 134 thousand tons of import approve of garlic

The price of garlic surged Michael Augustine

Sindonews.com -to control the price of garlic, the Ministry of trade (Kemendag) take concrete steps by publishing the import Approval Letter (SPI) for the importation of garlic. Kemendag has published the SPI on the recommendation of horticulture products Imports (RIPH) asked the Ministry of agriculture (Kementan).

SPI published by Kemendag as much as a thousand tons to 92 134,6 Company Registered Importers (IT) or 84,15 percent of total needs for the period January-June (Semester I) which amounted to 160,000 tons.

Director General of foreign trade, Bachrul Chairi said that with the publication of the SPI in more or less 10-14 days, then garlic supply to the market and the Retail Market's parent, both traditional and modern retail market, expected to soon gain and ultimately help lower the price of garlic on the market.

Efforts to increase supply through importation will remain based on the rules that apply. Then, Kemendag will also continue to coordinate with local governments to smooth the flow of goods and the distribution of the four ports, namely Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Jakarta), Belawan (Medan), port Soekarno-Hatta (Makassar) and Tanjung Perak (Surabaya).

"This important Coordination is carried out to ensure the availability of horticultural products at affordable prices for consumers in the country," Bachrul Chairi light in the release in Jakarta, Wednesday (13/3/2013).

The price of garlic and onion are having quite a significant increase and become the biggest contributor to inflation in March 2013. "The Government is constantly working to stabilize the prices of basic necessities, including garlic and the shallots," stated Director General of domestic trade, Srie Agustina on equal opportunities.

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Permission can import and Commerce: report: smuggling at the border

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Sindonews.com -Chamber of Commerce and industry (Kadin) Indonesia confirms, that border areas need support presidential Regulation (Pepres) specifically regulating the consumption needs of fulfillment in the area.

The consumption needs, among other things, LPG gas, sugar rice, cooking oil, and more. Deputy Chairman of The Economic Development and commerce the field borders, Endang Kesumayadi said, for this price disparity and the border area is very much different, so many smuggled goods komsumsi tendencies.

In fact, he continued, if managed properly from becoming legal then illegal will result in import taxes. "While this is still going on potential lost less than Rp1 trillion per year, this is very unfortunate," he said in the affidavits to Sindonews, Thursday (7/3/2013).

According to him, the potential lost will not occur if the Government could regulate commerce that more clear to the area. The distribution of basic commodities from Indonesia could not be absorbed properly up to the border area. This has resulted in the prices of Staples soar up to several orders of magnitude when compared to prices in the island of Java.

At present, he continued, a white crystalline sugar prices could reach Rp22 thousand per kilogram (kg). Meanwhile, the price of LPG gas could reach up to Rp200 Rp120 thousand thousand.

"If businessmen could facilitated area to do an import, it will be able to address the problem of smuggling the staple ingredients of the neighboring countries whose price could be cheaper," he explained.

Endang said, such problems would continue if the Government actually let. Therefore, it proposed that the Government could impose import rules are clear, so that smuggling could have been avoided and made things that were previously illegal become legal. "If it could be like that, thus there is the enactment of tax revenue with it," he said.

It assesses, Ministry, Ministry of agriculture, Peragangan and Kemenko economy, still inhibit the consumption needs of the border. The third Ministry needs to submit the regulation of consumption needs legowo communities border the BNPP (National Border Management Agency).

"Experience during the third Ministry were less flexible giving rise to an impression difficult bureaucracy and tend to throw each other the responsibility to serve the needs of the Community consumption.

"If all can not heed and tangent, then submit it to the authority which also authorized and focus to it," stated Endang.

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The HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES there is import game sniffed garlic

Michael Augustine -Sindonews

Sindonews.com -the House of representatives (DPR) signals the presence of games in the RI Division of import quota allocation of garlic. As a result of this game, the price jumped up to Rp30 garlic thousand per kilogram (kg).

"The RIPH (Horticultural Products Import Recommendations) already published last year did not fall on importers who are supposed to be. Us signals there is a game here (import of garlic), "said the Chairman of the HOUSE Commission IV Romahurmuzy, when you call Sindonews, in Jakarta, Thursday (21/2/2013).

It is further alleged, a member of Parliament from the faction of the PPP, based on the designation of a number of companies which are not obviously his track record for importing garlic. A number of companies that have experienced doing import garlic instead get fewer quotas.

"Thus the perpetrator-perpetrators of the real business gets no quota is greater than the (companies)," said Romahurmuzy.

As reported previously, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) instructed Commissioners to oversee the garlic price increase less reasonable.

"I expect Ministers and Governors to be aware of and control over stabilization of prices of daily needs are rising less reasonable," said SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO, recently.

Based on his notes, the price of garlic in two months lately surged enough sharp from Rp25 thousand reach Rp30 thousand per kg.

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