The Director General (Dirjen) of Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture, Prihasto Setyanto, conveyed several policies to control inflation for strategic horticultural commodities in 2023. The Director General of Horticulture at the Ministry of Agriculture explained that chili and shallot commodities are currently experiencing problems, due to an increase in the price of these basic commodities in several regions, although there are some areas that have experienced a decline. "After tracing in the field that the rainy season which has been quite high in recent months has caused the onion and chili horticultural commodities to experience many problems, pest attacks in the field, many areas have also experienced flooding, and of course this horticultural commodity does need water but if there is a lot of water it will problematic," he said, in a virtual inflation control coordination meeting, Monday (9/1/23). Prihasto Setyanto continued, in 2022, the government through the Ministry of Agriculture had intervened in the state budget to support chili production with a total intervention of 7,715 hectares of chili production areas. intervened in a wide variety of areas.

As for shallots, APBN interventions were also carried out to support shallot production in 2022 with a total area of 5,994 hectares which were carried out in various provinces. "In 2022, we will prepare seeds from the remaining budget using soil block seedling innovations that speed up seeding and are immediately ready for planting and are cheaper, faster and better. In 2022 we have provided 10,000,000 seeds that have been distributed, and This hope can also control inflation," he said. The Director General of Horticulture of the Ministry of Agriculture continued, for 2023 the Ministry of Agriculture has also prepared from the APBN allocated for chili an area of 6,000 hectares which are distributed in various provinces, especially in production deficit areas. Likewise for shallots, the Director General of Horticulture has also prepared an allocation for a 2023 shallot production area of 7,132 hectares. "It is hoped that the regency/city and province will be executed soon, so that by the time of National Religious Holidays (HBKN) the onions will be harvested within 2.5 months, for chilies it will be harvested at the fastest 3 months, so if this is actually executed This can control inflation ahead of the fasting month and Eid 2023 HBKN," he said. Prihasto Setyanto added, the Ministry of Agriculture through the Director General of Horticulture will also develop chilies with soil block seeds and prepare 34 million chili seedlings in 2023 and will distribute one million seeds to one province. Likewise for shallots, his party has also prepared the development of shallots with soil block seeds in 2023 with the production of 34 million TSS/shallot seedling in 2020 which will be distributed to all provinces in Indonesia. We can carry out the production of chilies and shallots as best as possible in 2023," he explained.

Source: https://mediacenter.riau.go.id/read/76078/kementrian-pertanian-s delivered-kebijakan-peng.html