JAKARTA - Perum Bulog stated that it would continue the policy of purchasing dry milled rice (GKP) at one price of Rp6,500 per kilogram (kg) with any quality scheme in 2026.
The policy was previously applied in 2025, which refers to the mandate from the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Number 257/TS.03.03/K/9/2025 dated September 18, 2025.
Director of Perum Bulog Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani said the policy was in line with President Prabowo Subianto's instructions and had been discussed internally with the Bulog board of directors.
In addition, he said, this policy has also been reported to the Minister of Agriculture as well as the Head of the National Food Agency, Andi Amran Sulaiman, and the Coordinating Minister for Food and Agriculture, Zulkifli Hasan.
"In the future, all Bulog buyers will buy at the price set by the government, which is Rp6,500 per kilogram," he said in a media briefing on the Crucial Achievement of Bulog 2025 and Strategic Steps 2026 at the Bulog Office, South Jakarta, Friday, January 2.
Even so, Rizal emphasized that the purchase of GKP at one price applies to grains that have entered the harvest age. Because, previously it was found that farmers had harvested their paddies even though it was not time.
Rizal said that Bulog would socialize this to the Field Agricultural Advisor (PPL) to the Babinsa so that the message would reach the farmers.
"Sometimes we apologize to our brothers because the farmers are neighbors, they have harvested, eh he hasn't harvested yet, if it's not time, his age is enough, he has been harvested first," said Rizal.
Rizal revealed that one of the reasons for the policy to be continued in 2026 was because the government wanted to make farmers happy.
Furthermore, Rizal said that before the one-price policy was implemented, farmers were often confused about selling when they wanted rice. As a result, they dealt with middlemen.
"That's to make farmers happy, yes. So all the farmers, we absorb the rice," he said.
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