Rice Absorption Target Reaches 3 Million Tons, This is the Minister of Agriculture's Hope The Minister of Agriculture asked Perum Bulog to immediately absorb farmers' rice. Rep: Frederikus Dominggus Bata/ Red: Ahmad Fikri Noor

The Indonesian government is taking steps to achieve food self-sufficiency by targeting the absorption of 3 million tons of grain, equivalent to rice, by April 2025. The Minister of Agriculture has urged Perum Bulog to purchase grain from farmers at the government's set price to maintain national food stability and ensure farmer welfare. The government has also increased the rice milling degree from 100 percent to 95 percent to facilitate processing and distribution. Bulog's President Director has expressed readiness to optimally carry out this task and has also sought collaboration for additional storage warehouses. A budget of IDR 16 trillion has been provided to support the absorption of rice.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – The government continues to emphasize its commitment to achieving food self-sufficiency by targeting the absorption of 3 million tons of grain equivalent to rice by April 2025. Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman asked Perum Bulog to immediately absorb farmers' grain according to the Government Purchase Price (HPP) in order to maintain national food stability and farmer welfare, especially during the main harvest. "Alhamdulillah, today we have agreed to absorb 3 million tons of rice equivalent to rice until April 2025. Our production surplus until March reached 2.9 million tons, and in April it increased to 4 million tons. We hope that these 3 million tons can be fully absorbed," said Amran in the Coordination Meeting and Signing of the Joint Commitment to Absorb Farmers' Grain, at the Ministry of Agriculture Head Office, Jakarta, Thursday (30/1/2025) He emphasized that self-sufficiency can only be achieved if all stakeholders, both ...