Bulog Ensures Rice In Central Sulawesi Is Evenly Absorbed

Illustration/Photo: Antara

PALU - The General Logistics Affairs Agency (Perum Bulog) ensures that rice in Central Sulawesi is absorbed evenly in an effort to maintain the availability of rice in the community. and absorption is carried out according to Bulog standards," said Head of Central Sulawesi Bulog David Susanto in Palu, Saturday, June 11. He explained, it's just that when buying farmers' products there are standards that are applied, both for national consumption and national and regional rice reserves. Many local products are absorbed Bulog, needs to be supported by the availability of facilities and infrastructure owned by farmer groups as an effort to support the quality of a food product, such as rice. In general, farmers in Central Sulawesi still use grain milling machines with a one pass system, even though the Bulog standard is a milling machine. rice with a two pass system. This is considered as one of the main obstacles rap occurs whenever the harvest season comes in a number of areas that are centers of rice production, such as Parigi Moutong Regency, Banggai Regency, Morowali Regency, Sigi Regency and Poso Regency. Bulog's standard water content is a maximum of 14 percent, if it is more than the maximum level, it will quickly break down. This is still an obstacle in the field," said David as quoted by Antara. He said that entering the second week of the first semester, his party had absorbed 3,640 tons of farmers' rice, out of the nationally targeted total of 28,000 tons or 10 percent of the total harvest in Central Sulawesi. The farmers' rice that has been absorbed is still dominated by rice from Parigi Moutong which reaches thousands of tons, while Poso absorbs around 200 tons and Banggai around 400 tons.

It's now at the end of the period for the Parigi Moutong area, while Poso, Banggai and Sigi are still harvesting," said David.