JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Food and Agriculture Zulkifli Hasan said that the recruitment of managers of the Red and White Village Cooperative (Kopdes) had reached 220,364 applicants as of Sunday (19/4) since it was first opened on Wednesday (15/4).
"This is a list of many so sometimes the site experiences disruptions ... But I declare that the registration is open, transparent, honest, and no one guarantees that it can be accepted," said the minister, who is familiarly called Zulhas, after a limited coordination meeting at his office, Jakarta, Monday, April 20, reported by ANTARA.
In addition, Zulhas, who is also the Chairman of the Red and White Village Formation Task Force, added that the number of applicants for the Red and White Village Manager was also quite high, reaching 64,029 people.
In terms of infrastructure, the government noted that 35,408 land points for the construction of the Red and White Kopdes had met the 1,000 square meter standard, 25,625 points were in the process of being built, and 5,714 points had been completed.
"We continue to collect data on other land. Later it will be adjusted in the next period, because in cities the land is expensive and the ownership is diverse. And there are also those whose land does not meet the standard of 1,000 square meters," he said.
He emphasized that a number of supporting regulations had been completed, including the Minister of Finance Regulation No. 15 of 2026 concerning the Procedures for the Distribution of General Allocation Funds / Share Funds or Village Funds in the Context of Accelerating the Physical Development of Red and White Cooperative Shops, Warehouses, and Completeness of Red and White Cooperative Shops / Villages.
Zulhas said the government is currently waiting for technical rules from Agrinas Pangan Nasional - which is responsible for the physical development of the Red and White Kopdes - related to the audit of the building value so that it can be paid through member banks of the State-owned Bank Association (Himbara).
The government targets 30 thousand village cooperatives to be completed by June 2026.
The government officially opened the recruitment of 30,000 Red and White Kopdes manager formations. Registration is open from April 15-24, 2026.
Participants who are declared to have passed the selection will work under the auspices of BUMN PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara with a pattern of Fixed Term Work Agreement (PKWT) for two years. After that period, the assignment will be re-evaluated by the BUMN Regulatory Agency (BP) to determine the continuation of the contract.
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