Chicken And Egg Social Assistance For Families Prone To Stunting Will Be Distributed Starting Tomorrow

Head of the National Food Agency Arief Prasetyo Adi. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The government will start distributing social assistance (bansos) chicken and eggs for stunting-prone families (KRS) with a target of 1.44 million families receiving social assistance.

Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo Adi said that the distribution of chicken and egg meat will be carried out by the Food SOE Holding, ID Food to families prone to stunting (KRS).

Arief explained that the distribution of social assistance refers to data from the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN).

The social assistance is distributed containing 1 kilogram (kg) of chicken meat and 1 route containing 10 eggs. The distribution will be carried out for three months, namely April, May, and June.

"Starting tomorrow, maybe until Eid, there are only around 58,000 recipient families," said Arief, who was met in the South Jakarta area, Friday, April 14.

For your information, the government has assigned ID Food to run the government food supply program (CPP) through Presidential Regulation Number 125 of 2022.

ID Food is assigned to distribute food assistance to stunting risk families (KRS) throughout Indonesia.

The assistance will be distributed to 1,446,089 stunting-prone families (KRS) with details of North Sumatra 139,464 KRS, Banten 64,706 KRS and West Java 410,691 KRS.

Then, Sulawesi 20,345 KRS, East Java 374,726 KRS. Then, Central Java 322,496 and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) 113,661 KRS.