Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Arief Prasetyo said that the existence of the Red and White Village Cooperative could be a food provider at affordable prices for the community.
"This Red and White Cooperative can become a food provider, with affordable prices and good quality of course," said Arief Prasetyo quoting Antara.
He said the Red and White Village Cooperative could be a food sales agent, which sells SPHP rice and other products.
"Actually, this scheme has been carried out with the private sector before. But we do this again by collaborating to collect food supplies such as sugar, flour, cooking oil from Bulog or other SOEs to be placed in village cooperatives," he said.
He explained that later in the management of the Red and White Village Cooperative, it would become a outlet using an integrated inventory control system.
"Next week, the Deputy for the Coordinating Ministry for Food will gather several institutional and board of directors to do this so that it can be carried out properly and improve coordination," he said.
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According to him, to ensure the availability of food supplies at the Red and White Village Cooperative, SOEs are ready to provide supplies.
"All SOEs together with the Red and White Village Cooperatives to provide needs, not only food but there is LPG or fuel, then there is also fertilizer. What is certain is that the price in this cooperative is affordable and quality goods," he added.
Previously in Lampung Province, out of a total village of 2,651 villages, all of them had completed holding a Special Deliberation for the Establishment of the Red and White Village Cooperative.
Then out of the total village, 682 villages have processed the establishment of cooperatives in notaries, and 252 cooperatives are legal entities.
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