ANTARA News reports that C Kalimantan is encouraging its residents to practice urban farming.

The provincial government of Central Kalimantan is encouraging residents to implement urban farming in order to control inflation in the region. The head of the Food Security Office of Central Kalimantan, Riza Rahmadi, has stated that planting various strategic commodities, such as chilies, through the concept of urban farming is believed to be able to support inflation control. This concept has the potential to help the community and the regional government in Central Kalimantan achieve food self-sufficiency, which would also have an impact on price stability of several strategic food commodities in markets. One of the commodities that are causing concern is bird’s eye chili, especially in Murung Raya district. In the third week of March 2023, stocks of bird’s eye chili in Murung Raya were scarce. As a result, the local government and the community have been asked to boost the implementation of urban farming. The Food Security Office of Central Kalimantan is also planning to carry out market operations and provide various food commodities, including bird’s eye chili, especially in the Murung Raya area. Efforts are being made to maximally make preventive and control measures to maintain the stability of food prices in markets. Currently, Central Kalimantan’s inflation is under control and the province has been ranked 16th nationally in terms of combined inflation in cities of 5.81 percent (yoy).