As Of May 13, 2023, ID FOOD Has Salurkan Stunting Food Assistance For 825,273 KRS In 5 Provinces

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Entering the second week of May 2023, the Food SOE Holding ID FOOD has held Government Food Assistance for Stunting Handling in 5 regions from seven distribution targets.

President Director of ID FOOD, Frans Marganda Tambunan said as of May 13, 2023, Government Food Assistance for Stunting Handling had been distributed to 5 regions, including Banten, West Java, Central Java, East Java and North Sumatra.

The details of the realization figures for the 5 regions are as follows: Banten 46,666 KRS (72.1 percent), West Java: 267,599 KRS (65.2 percent), Central Java: 279,179 KRS (86.6 percent), East Java: 198,531 KRS (53 percent) and North Sumatra: 33,298 KRS (23.9 percent). Thus, the realization figure of stunting food assistance that has been achieved by ID FOOD reached 825,273 Stunting Risk Families (KRS) (57.1 percent).

With the realization figures until the second week of May, it is known that there are still some areas that have not been distributed, namely West Sulawesi and East Nusa Tenggara.

"Starting this third week of May and beyond, the ID FOOD plan is to start distributing to West Sulawesi and East Nusa Tenggara Provinces. We will pursue the realization of distribution in the seven provinces according to the number of KRS and deadlines set by the National Food Agency (Bapanas)," said Frans in his official statement, Monday, May 15.

Frans said that government assistance for stunting management will be distributed for the next three months starting April, May and June 2023, with a target recipient of 1.4 million (Every Period) of the Stunting Risk Family (KRS) based on BKKBN data.

Evaluation, continued Frans, continues, including intense coordination with all stakeholders involved in field distribution activities such as Berdikari, Rajawali Nusindo, PT POS, BKKBN, Bapanas, the Food Task Force and the local government.

For information, Government Assistance for Stunting Risk Families (KRS) implemented by ID FOOD is actually an inseparable part of Presidential Decree 125/2022 concerning Government Food Reserves (CPP).

Di dalam beleid tersebut dijelaskan bahwa cara penyaluran cadangan pangan pemerintah bisa dilakukan dengan berbagai cara, salah satunya adalah bantuan sosial pangan pemerintah.

This assistance can be said to be a stunting prevalence reduction program that has been the task and special mission of the central government. The BUMN Food Holding ID FOOD has the mandate to realize the program.

In carrying out the distribution of government assistance for stunting management, ID FOOD together with PT Berdikari and PT Rajawali Nusindo are two companies that are subsidiaries of ID FOOD. PT Berdikari provides eggs and chicken meat while PT Rajawali Nusindo provides Goody Bag. The PT Pos is the transporter.

Head of the National Food Agency Arief Prasetyo Adi continues to encourage the acceleration of the distribution of chicken eggs and chicken carcasses to 1.4 million Stunting Risk Families (KRS) which are currently running.

"We through ID FOOD continue to encourage the distribution to be increased so that the distribution to a total of 1.4 million KRS in the first phase will be immediately rolled down so that the second and third stages of distribution will immediately be followed," he said.

To ensure this program is right on target, he also conveyed the importance of cross-sectoral synergy for distribution supervision.

"Good supervision will greatly support the smooth running of this program. For this reason, the support of the National Police Food Task Force and local governments in terms of supervision in the field is very important. We are open to every input and report for improvement," he explained. As with the current rice food assistance, Arief targets, this food assistance for chicken eggs and chicken carcasses has a broad impact both on stunting reduction, people's purchasing power, as well as the stability of chicken eggs and chicken meat prices at the farmer level.," Arief concluded.