Farmers Purchasing Power Back Down

Having had improved in March 2014 , the purchasing power of farmers going down in April 2014 . Purchasing power of farmers as reflected in the exchange rate of the farmers ( NTP ) down 0.06 percent at 101.80 in April 2014 .

From the official news Statistical Central Bureau of Statistics , written on Monday ( 05/05/2014 ) , due to a decrease in NTP Index of Prices Received by Farmers ( It ) fell 0.05 percent . While the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers ( Ib ) only increased by 0.01 percent . In other words , the price index of agricultural production has decreased .
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While the price index of goods and services consumed by households and to increase agricultural production purposes .

BPS data also mentioned , NTP decrease in April 2014 due to a decrease in food crops NTP significant , amounting to 1.14 percent , although four other sub-sectors increased .

Subsectors is increased horticultural crops ( 0.39 percent ) , smallholder tree crops ( 0.74 percent ) , livestock ( 0.19 percent ) , and fisheries ( 0.21 percent ) .

NTP national average of 101.80 is obtained from the results of monitoring prices in 33 rural provinces in Indonesia in April 2014 . A total of 16 provinces experienced an increase , while 17 provinces decreased . DKI Jakarta recorded the highest increase of 1.23 percent NTP . Meanwhile, West Java fell 0.81 percent the largest NTP .

Note Kompas.com , NTP April is the second lowest in the first quarter of 2014. Consecutive since January 2014, the national average of 101.95 NTP , NTP February ( 101.79 ) , NTP March ( 101.86 ) , and the last NTP April ( 101.80 ) .

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