JAKARTA - Director of Perum Bulog Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani said that the government rice reserve (CBP) at the beginning of 2026 reached 3.24 million tons. The stock is a residual inventory or carry-over from the previous year.
"Bulog rice stocks at the end of 2025 yesterday until 00.00 in 2026 are 3,248,472 tons," Rizal said in a media briefing on Bulog's Crucial Achievement 2025 and Strategic Steps 2026 at the Bulog Office, South Jakarta, Friday, January 2.
According to Rizal, this number also continues the positive trend in the management of national rice reserves. Previously, Bulog had recorded the highest rice stock reserves in mid-2025 which reached around 4.2 million tons.
Along with the maintained stock conditions, Bulog is now preparing strategic steps to face the increase in the target for absorbing farmers' harvest results. In 2026, Bulog targets the absorption of farmers' rice or rice of 4 million tons, as well as the absorption of corn up to 1 million tons.
To support this target, Bulog also plans to build 100 post-harvest infrastructure. This infrastructure is prepared to strengthen the management of food products, from the post-harvest process to distribution, so that it runs more optimally.
Rizal emphasized that the development of post-harvest infrastructure is part of Bulog's efforts to improve the quality of national food management, as well as provide added value for farmers' production results.
"We want the production of farmers not only to be absorbed, but also to maintain its quality and have added value," he said.
Previously, the government decided to increase the Government Rice Reserve (CBP) stock to 4 million tons in 2026. This figure is up from the target of 3 million tons this year and will be stored in Perum Bulog warehouses.
The decision was conveyed by Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan after a meeting of the Government Food Reserve (CPP) at the Coordinating Ministry for Food Office, Central Jakarta.
The meeting was attended by a number of heads of related ministries and agencies, including the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Trade, the National Food Agency, the National Nutrition Agency, and Perum Bulog.
Zulhas, a nickname for Zulkifli Hasan, said that in addition to rice, the government also increased the government's corn reserves to 1 million tons from the previous 300,000 tons. This policy was taken to maintain national food availability, especially in the face of next year's needs.
"We decided, our government rice reserves from 3 million tons we increased to 4 million tons. So that it is easier, yes, later for SPHP, for food assistance, and so on. Corn, because it is also necessary, if eggs need a lot, chickens need a lot, they need a lot of feed. Yesterday we reserved 300,000 tons, now we have increased it to 1 million tons," he said in a press conference, Monday, December 29, 2025.
Zulhas explained that the increase in rice stocks was carried out in line with the high food needs of the community in 2026, including to support the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Program. Currently, the national rice demand reaches around 4.8 million tons per month, beyond the needs for the program.
In addition to rice and corn, continued Zulhas, the government is also preparing steps to maintain meat supplies. One of them is by making it easier to import live cattle to encourage the development of domestic livestock and at the same time ensure the availability of stocks.
"Now this has become a question about meat. Meat has two choices. If we want empowerment, then we free the import of sapinya. Cows, so that they have added value. So if the cow is alive, it is cared for, there is fattening, there is grass, there are those who buy it, it already has added value. We are free, make it easier," he said.
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