JAKARTA - Pupuk Indonesia (PI) West Sumatra Region (Sumbar), Riau and Riau Islands distribute 212,000 tons of subsidized fertilizer throughout 2025 for 19 districts and cities in Ranah Minang.
"Alhamdulillah, the absorption of subsidized fertilizer in 2025, especially in the West Sumatra Province, has exceeded the 2024 achievement with a realization of 212,809 tons or equivalent to 86 percent," said Manager of Sales for the West Sumatra, Riau and Riau Islands Regions of PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) Fajar Ahmad, quoted by Antara.
In 2024, Pupuk Indonesia recorded the realization of subsidized fertilizer in West Sumatra at 160 thousand tons. This significant increase is inseparable from the socialization and education efforts that continue to be carried out down to the level of farmers.
Meanwhile, the fertilizer that was not realized in 2025 amounted to 33,612 tons from the total allocation of 246,421 tons. The details are, 27,729 tons of urea, 4,719 tons of NPK fertilizer, 721 tons of cocoa NPK and 443 tons of organic fertilizer.
Especially in West Sumatra, there are four types of subsidized fertilizers that are distributed. For urea type fertilizer, the realization amount reaches 89,538 tons or equivalent to 76 percent. Then, for NPK type, 121,975 tons were realized.
For the type of cocoa NPK, the amount that was successfully distributed was 589 tons from an allocation of 1,310 tons. Furthermore, Pupuk Indonesia also successfully distributed organic types of 707 tons from a total allocation of 1,150 tons.
Fajar said that of the four types of subsidized fertilizers, NPK and urea fertilizers were most distributed to farmers. In fact, specifically in West Pasaman Regency, the absorption of urea fertilizer reached 16,358 tons, and 19,533 tons for NPK type. Meanwhile, for the lowest absorption is in the Mentawai Islands Regency, namely urea of 10 tons and 21 tons for NPK type.
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