KPKP Encourages Jakartans to Plant Chili

July 10 2019 04:29 PM 1756
Reported by Aldi Geri Lumban Tobing | Translated by Maria Inggita

Jakarta Maritime Agriculture and Food Security (KPKP) Department encourages people to use their small space in their houses to plant chili. This method can be run to anticipate scarcity of food supplies, such as chili.

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"As we know, scarcity can lead to inflation. Thus we want to intensify urban farming program using various technology. One of our target is to plant chili," stated Darjamuni, Jakarta KPKP Department Head, Wednesday (7/10).

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According to him, chili's price is considered often to fluctuate significantly. Thus he hopes this method can fulfill Jakartan's need of chili and makes chili's price to be relatively stable.

"Recently, we try to develop hybrid chili plant cultivation on 1 hectare land in Ciangir, Tangerang, Banten. We predict to harvest about 5 tons of chili from that cultivation by the end of July," he explained.

Besides chili, his side also develops other national main commodities such as shallots, banan, and California papaya.