By Josephine Imelda and Cynthia Dewi Maharani
“How can I feed myself and my family?”
This evening, I had a chance to meet Mrs. Suri in Tunda Island. She is an old widow who is now sharing a house with her youngest daughter Saidah – along with her son in law and grand son.
It is not much more to pursue at her age. All 7 children she had already have their own family and all live in Tunda Island. If there is any wish list, she will definitely write that she would like to be able to buy food for the family.
Her son in law is a fisherman with uncertain income. When the sea is good, he can bring at least Rp 50,000,- in a day, but if it does not, he might earn nothing. Mrs. Suri helps the family earning some more money. Everyday she went to the forest in northern tip of island and collect some logs. “At least I can use the logs for cooking, so we don’t need to buy kerosene.” (more…)
Categories: Campaign · Development
Tagged: Boss Ikan, diesel, diesel fuel, Family Income, Fisherman, food price rising, fuel, illegal fishing, maid, Poor Family(s), Poverty, Pulau Tunda, TKI, Tunda Island
by Josephine Imelda & Cynthia Dewi Maharani
Food prices are going up. Prices of rice, corn, and wheat have all reached record highs in the last few months. The impact has been felt around the world. Food riots have broken out in Morocco, Yemen, Mexico, Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal and Uzbekistan. Russia has frozen the price of milk, bread, eggs and cooking oil for six months. Thailand is also planning a freeze on food staples. After protests around Indonesia, Jakarta has increased public food subsidies. India has banned the export of rice except the high-quality basmati variety.
Price rises have been driven by a number of factors including bad weather – in part caused by climate change, increased demand from India and China and other advanced developing countries, population growth, increased demand for biofuels, failure improve crop yields and high oil and input prices leading to increasing input costs for producers and traders. Speculation on commodity markets is also pushing up prices.
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Categories: Campaign · Development
Tagged: biofuel, Climate Change, Food, food crisis, food insecurity, Food Prices, Food Prices are going up, Kenaikan harga, krisis pangan, oil, perubahan iklim, poor people, Pulau Tunda, Rice, subsidi, subsidies, Tunda Island
This evening, I had a chance to meet Mrs. Suri in Tunda Island. She is an old widow who is now sharing a house with her youngest daughter Saidah – along with her son in law and grand son. 
