Kopdes Merah Putih Can Sell SPHP Rice At Least 2 Tons Per Unit
Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo Adi revealed that the Red and White Village Cooperative (Kopdes) will be able to sell the Stableized Rice Supply and Food Price (SPHP).
Arief said Perum Bulog is ready to distribute SPHP rice to the Red and White Village Cooperative (Kopdes). In fact, one unit can sell at least 2 tons of SPHP rice.
"Earlier at the Kopdes (Red and White) meeting, no matter what Kopdes is ready, Bulog is ready to send a minimum of 2 tons (rice SPHP)," said Arief at the Coordinating Ministry for Food Affairs Office, Tuesday, July 29.
However, Arief said the Kopdes could sell SPHP rice provided that it was in accordance with the highest retail price (HET) of IDR 12,500 per kilogram (kg).
"So they can sell SPHP with 2 tons, but the condition is selling Rp12,500 (per kg)," he said.
Previously, the Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan targeted 10,000 units of the Red and White Village Cooperative (Kopdes) to operate in August 2025.
"And soon this August we will finish around 10,000 in August, 10,000 Kopdes have been operating, at least in August," he said after a coordination meeting at the Coordinating Ministry for Food, Jakarta, Tuesday, July 29.
Even so, the Head of the Red and White Kopdes Task Force believes that his realization will exceed this target. To achieve this target, he said his party would also carry out roadshows throughout Indonesia.
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"But I'm sure it can be more, it could be more than (10,000 units). That's why we have scheduled another roadshow. Starting from the 1st in NTT, the 2nd in NTB, Java, and all of them," he explained.
On July 21 at the launch of the Red and White Kopdes, Zulhas as he is familiarly called reported to President Prabowo Subianto, as many as 80,081 Red and White Village Cooperatives (Kopdes) have been formed. Of the total, 108 units are ready to operate.
"Alhamdulillah, Mr. President, in less than two months, more than 80,081 Red and White Kopdes/kelurahan have been formed legally. And 108 of them are ready to operate," he said when delivering the report on the inauguration of the Red and White Kopdes, quoted from the Ministry of Food's YouTube, Monday, July 21.