Jakarta, Feb. 12 -- The National Police (Polri) Food Task Force is conducting supervision from the upstream to downstream levels to ensure the availability and smooth distribution of rice.

Head of the Task Force, Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan, stated here on Monday that the supervision is also an effort to maintain price stability.

"The Polri Food Task Force continues to monitor and supervise the availability and distribution of rice," Hermawan remarked.

He explained that at the upstream level, the task force ensures rice farmers face no obstacles in harvesting their rice fields.

"We monitor at the upstream level to prevent barriers that block distribution paths to the consumers," he revealed.

Other preventive steps include routi...