Cut marketing chain in fish trade: Surjadi
Cut marketing chain in fish trade: Surjadi
JAKARTA (JP): The cumbersome procedures in the actual sales of
fish should be cut down and the welfare of fishermen improved
through cooperatives, Governor Surjadi Soedirdja said.
"There are many fishermen on the city's coast and on the
Seribu islands whose lives could be improved through
cooperatives," Surjadi said yesterday.
"Among the constraints to enhance their welfare are the
cumbersome procedures involved in selling their catch," he said,
when opening the city's special week for promotion of
agriculture, cooperatives and family planning.
Fishermen communities, such as the Untung Jawa island in the
Seribu Islands district, are among those categorized as the
city's poorest. They are recipients of the presidential funds for
poverty.
Along with opening activities at the Ragunan camping grounds
in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, Surjadi also officiated the Board
of farmers and fishermen executives' contact group.
This week's activities are part of a national celebration of
the 24th Agricultural Day, the 49th Cooperative Day, the 26th
Family Planning Day and the 3rd Family Day.
Artowo Sastrosemito, the head of the city's office of the
Ministry of Agriculture, said 500 workers in agriculture and
fishing are attending the activities. There will be attendance of
other groups which are part of the National Family Planning Board
- initiated new family savings movement.
Surjadi urged officials to gear their attention toward the
effectiveness of cooperatives for workers in agriculture and
fishing.
Related city offices are those of the Ministry of Cooperatives
and Small Enterprises, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the
agencies of fisheries and agriculture.
Surjadi also urged more professionalism in agribusiness, to
increase the commercial value of agricultural products here.
"For this purpose I call for more cooperation between farmers,
distributors and traders," Surjadi said.
The activities include displays and sale of agricultural
products. (anr)