Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said rice production in January-March 2025 is predicted to increase by 50 percent. Amran said that the data was obtained from Statistics Indonesia (BPS), which said that in January 2025 it rose 50 percent compared to last year and was predicted to rise 49 percent in February and 51 percent in March 2025. He said that BPS's data followed the facts on the ground. According to him, as rice production increased, the price of rice received by the community also decreased. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) and Statistics Indonesia (BPS) have just established a cooperation to strengthen agricultural data. Amran Sulaiman said that with the signing of the memorandum of understanding, all agricultural data can only be issued by BPS. Acting Head of BPS Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti said that the collaboration between BPS and the Ministry of Agriculture was an important moment to support the formulation of development policies, especially in agriculture. "Because in this case BPS in accordance with its duties and functions is to produce statistical data to be used and utilized to support the formulation of development policies, one of which is agricultural statistics," Amalia said.Source : https://en.tempo.co/read/1969563/agriculture-minister-rice-production-in-january-march-2025-increased-by-50-percent?tracking_page_direct (ICE GIACARTA)

Fonte notizia: Tempo, 30/01/2025