ID FOOD Starts Distributing Egg And Chicken Aid For 560,000 Families Of Stunting Risk

JAKARTA - PT Rajawali Nusindo (Nusindo), a subsidiary of Holding BUMN Food ID FOOD, has begun distributing egg and chicken meat assistance to 560,000 Stunting Risk Families (KRS) spread across various provinces.

ID FOOD Corporate Secretary VP Yosdian Adi Pramono said Nusindo was involved in distributing aid in order to accelerate the implementation of this government's strategic program.

Through this assignment, continued Yosdian, Nusindo will prepare 560,000 aid packages, each of which contains 10 chicken eggs and 1 kg of frozen chicken meat.

Food assistance as a whole will be distributed to 1.4 million KRS in 7 provinces. Nusindo covers the distribution to 560,000 KRS or about 40 percent of the total distribution," he said in an official statement, Friday, August 9.

Nusindo acts as a provider of chicken eggs and chicken meat products to be distributed. In addition, the Nusindo team will also provide assistance when distributing aid to KRS," he continued.

Furthermore, Yosdian said the 560,000 aid packages would be distributed for three months, namely August, September, and October 2024.

Where Nusindo focuses on distributing 374 thousand KRS in four provinces, including East Java, Banten as many as 93,000 KRS, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) as many as 73,000 KRS, and West Sulawesi as many as 20,000 KRS.

"Meanwhile, distribution in three other provinces, namely North Sumatra, West Java, and Central Java food aid packages will be distributed by other ID FOOD subsidiaries, such as PT Berdikari and PT PPI," he said.

To ensure that the supply chain of eggs and chicken meat remains available, Nusindo cooperates with cooperatives, associations, business actors, and independent breeders through cooperation in the absorption of livestock products.

"Currently, cooperation has been carried out with 17 partners consisting of MSMEs, Cooperatives, breeders, and other business actors. Among them is the Indonesian Pinsar Association," he said.

Yosdian said that this collaboration with independent breeders is expected to maintain the stability of egg prices and chicken meat at the upstream (farm) level.

"So that farmers get certainty about stable and reasonable buying prices," he said.

In addition to providing chicken eggs and chicken meat, he continued, Nusindo is also trusted to provide 1.4 million packaging bags that will be used in the process of distributing food assistance for stunting treatment in 7 provinces.

Nusindo's involvement in the distribution of stunting food assistance proves that companies with their networks can be relied on by the government in carrying out various assignments, especially related to the distribution of food ingredients appropriately, quickly and massively," he concluded.