Chief of the representative office, Rommy Sariu Tamawiwy, handed over the tools, which comprised two cultivators or mini tractors, to the Dewe Makmur farmers’ group during the launch of the national food inflation control movement in the district on Friday.
The assistance is a part of the central bank's commitment to push the revival of the food movement in the district, Tamawiwy said.
If farmers are equipped with sufficient agricultural tools, they will be motivated to continue to grow crops, he explained.
If agricultural activities and food production run well, food inflation in Indonesia, particularly West Papua, can be kept under control, he added.
He said that if inflation is controlled, it will be the public who will enjoy the impact of low inflation.
Therefore, the responsibility of containing inflation by increasing food resilience rests not only with the government, but also with the public, he added.
Indonesia recorded 5.95-percent inflation year-on-year in September 2022.
Recently, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said that the nation’s inflation rate is among the lowest in the world.
However, Indonesia could potentially record higher inflation than economic growth in the third quarter of 2022, he added.
“We have to prepare; our inflation will be slightly higher than the economic growth rate. Therefore, we must control administered prices of food, especially through food cooperation between regions," he said during the 2022 Central and Regional Coordination Meeting for Inflation Control, which was followed online last month.
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