Bulog Ready To Absorb Grain From The Harvest Of The Food Mandiri Prosecutor's Program At A Price Of IDR 6,500 Per Kg

Agriculture (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Perum Bolog is ready to absorb rice harvests planted on land confiscated by the corruption case of Benny Tjokrosaputro at a purchase price of Rp. 6,500 per kilogram (kg). The padi is part of the Prosecutor Mandiri Food program.

For your information, the Attorney General's Office took advantage of the confiscated land from the convict in the corruption case Benny Tjokrosaputro to be converted into productive rice fields. This step is an effort by the Attorney General's Office to strengthen food security.

Of the total confiscated land belonging to Benny Tjokrosaputro, 4 plots of land were used as pilot for the rice planting project, with a construction area of approximately 7 hectares (ha) at Perum Gria Asri, Srimahi Village, North Tambun District, Bekasi Regency.

However, what today's harvest is the Cakra Buana variety with a land area of 2.5 hectares. This type of rice has a shorter harvest age with a potential harvest of 7 to 8 tons per hectare.

Director of Perum Bulog Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani said Bulog is committed to absorbing all the harvest from the Prosecutor Mandiri Food program.

"Alhamdulillah, we will absorb these 2 ha," he said after the Panen Raya of the Mandiri Prosecutor for Food, in Bekasi Regency, West Java, Tuesday, August 19.

"Earlier I ordered the West Java regional office to immediately absorb it at a government price of Rp. 6,500 per kg," he continued.

Previously, Deputy Attorney General for Intelligence (Jamintel) Reda Mathovani said the confiscated assets belonging to Benny Tjokrosaputro in the Bekasi Regency area alone reached approximately 330 hectares, consisting of 414 plots of land.

However, continued Reda, the potential for harvest could reach 2,640 tons if all of Benny Tjoktosaputro's confiscated assets were used as productive agricultural land.

"It can be imagined that if all of the 330 hectares of assets in Bekasi Regency are planted with rice, then the potential for harvest can reach 2,640 tons of unhulled rice or Rp. 17.16 billion per 3 months or Rp. 51.48 billion per year," he said.