Lampung Province's NTP in January 2011 for each subsector was recorded at 126.08 for the Rice & Secondary Crops Subsector (NTP-P), 107.02 for the Horticulture Subsector (NTP-H), 112.93 for the People's Plantation Crops Subsector (NTP-Pr ), 105.45 for the Livestock Subsector (NTP-Pt) and 112.53 for the Fisheries Subsector (NTP-Pi). Meanwhile, the Provincial/Combined NTP was recorded at 117.29.
The increase in prices in the food crop sub-sector, such as the price of grain and the increase in prices in the horticultural crop sub-sector, such as chilies, were unable to improve farmers' welfare because the prices of consumer goods/services were much higher, causing Lampung's NTP to fall by 0.69 percent compared to the previous month.
If the NTP per subsector in January 2011 is compared with December 2010, it can be seen that two of the five NTP subsectors experienced an increase, the smallholder plantation crops subsector rose 0.12 percent and the fisheries subsector rose 0.06 percent while three subsectors experienced a decline, namely the subsector food crops (1.19%), horticultural crops sub-sector (0.15%) and livestock sub-sector (0.76).
Of the 32 provinces reported in January 2011, 20 provinces experienced an increase in NTP and 12 provinces experienced a decrease in NTP. The highest increase in NTP in January 2011 occurred in North Sulawesi Province, namely 1.05 percent, this was because the price paid by farmers only rose 0.36 percent, while the price received by farmers rose 1.41 percent. Meanwhile, the largest decline in NTP occurred in Papua Province, which fell by 0.93 percent, due to an increase in prices paid by farmers of 0.62 percent while prices received by farmers fell by 0.31 percent.
January 2011 saw inflation in rural areas in Lampung Province amounting to 1.51 percent. Inflation in rural areas is caused by an increase in the price index for all expenditure groups. The fairly high increase occurred especially in the clothing, food and prepared food groups.
