Jakarta - Head of the National Food Agency Arief Prasetyo Adi said that the government's rice reserve stock in Perum Bulog's warehouse has reached 2.1 million tons ahead of Eid al-Fitr 2025/1446 Hijri.
"The National Food Agency has assigned Bulog to maintain the national rice stock, and currently the rice stock at Bulog is very safe at 2.1 million tons," Arief confirmed in Jakarta, Sunday.
The government's rice reserve stock serves to maintain price stability, anticipate supply shortages, and meet the community's food needs.
"This is not a short-term preparation, a month or two, but a program that has been prepared since last year," said Arief.
On the other hand, Deputy President Director of Perum Bulog Marga Taufiq said that his party had absorbed more than 400 thousand tons of grain equivalent to rice until March 2025, to ensure the government's rice reserves.
"We have data from yesterday, we have passed 400 thousand tons (absorption of farmers' paddy equivalent to rice) throughout Indonesia," said Marga when met on the sidelines of attending the mass harvest in Klaten, Central Java, Saturday (22/3).
Bulog routinely jumps the ball by going directly to the field to purchase farmers' grain.