Agriculture Ministry Ensures Egg, Chicken Meat Availability in South Jakarta Markets
Ministry of Agriculture reviewed 2 markets in South Jakarta to ensure availability of staple commodities such as chicken meat and eggs during Ramadan.
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Ministry of Agriculture reviewed 2 markets in South Jakarta to ensure availability of staple commodities such as chicken meat and eggs during Ramadan.
The Indonesian Traditional Market Traders Association (Ikappi) reported that the price of chicken eggs remains high and even reaches Rp32,000 per kg.
Director General of Domestic Trade, Isy Karim, states that the price of chicken eggs is now starting to decrease.
Egg prices continue to show signs of increasing, which coincides with data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS) forecasting May's inflation.
Deputy Trade Minister Jerry Sambuaga dismisses the issue of increasing egg prices.
Head of the National Food Agency Arief Prasetyo Adi, said that the recent hike in egg prices was attributable to the increase in production costs.
Egg prices are soaring in Japan as the current avian flu season sees a record 16 million birds marked for culling, local media reported on Saturday.
The chicken egg price was monitored to increase in Jakarta and even exceeded the national average price ahead of Christmas and New Year holidays.
Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan claims that most of the food prices on Friday, August 26 had dropped significantly.
Economist Bhima Yudhistira predicts that the poverty gap will widen more quickly if egg prices continue to skyrocket.
Layer poultry breeders say the current prices of eggs had increased significantly mainly due to the imbalance between demand and supply.
National Food Agency stated that the price of broiler eggs reaching Rp30,000 per kilogram is ideal as it is based on farmers' capital for production.
The price of eggs usually declines after Christmas and New Year's holidays only.
As a breakfast favorite menu, there is a threat of eating half-cooked or sunny side up eggs rather than well-fried eggs.
The increase is possibly caused by increasing demand as the
end of the year draws near.
A number of sea turtles have been seen to come ashore around
southern coast of Yogyakarta to lay eggs.
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) egg poaching in Sangalaki
Island, Berau, East Kalimantan, has spiked during 2014.
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Investigation on Aryanto has been done and he was released home.
Egg-throwerm, Aryanto, is being investigated by the Police.