Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia \u2013 Agriculture Minister and National Food\nAgency (Bapanas) head Amran Sulaiman has asked state-owned Perum Bulog\nand ID Food to buy Rp30 billion worth of eggs from farmers. The\nemergency measure is intended to help farmers facing price pressure and\nan oversupply of eggs.<\/p>\n
Amran said the government had prepared three measures to address the\nproblem: buying eggs through the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme,\nbuilding a factory to process eggs into egg powder, and purchases by\nBulog and ID Food.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst, the MBG programme will absorb the supply; we have spoken to\nthe head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN). The second measure, for\nthe long term, is to build an egg-processing factory to make egg\npowder,\u201d Amran said at a press conference at his office in Jakarta on\nTuesday (27 October 2026).<\/p>\n
\u201cThird, as an emergency measure, we have asked ID Food and Bulog to\nbuy the eggs. The value is Rp30 billion; that is not a problem. Bulog\nand ID Food can handle it. We are asking them to act from now,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>\n
Amran said the emergency purchases were needed while the government\ndevelops a more integrated system to safeguard farmers\u2019 livelihoods. The\nmeasure responds to complaints from small-scale farmers, who say egg\nprices remain below production costs.<\/p>\n
Ikhwan, secretary of the Sumedang Raya Farmers\u2019 Producers\nCooperative, said poultry farmers in West Java had been making losses\nfor the past seven months.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been losing around Rp4,000 per kilogram for nearly seven\nmonths,\u201d Ikhwan said at the Agriculture Ministry\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
He said the production cost of eggs was about Rp24,000 per kilogram,\nwhile the price received by farmers in West Java was around Rp20,000 per\nkilogram. The difference leaves farmers with a loss of about Rp4,000 per\nkilogram.<\/p>\n
The strain on the business has also reduced the number of farmers\nable to continue operating. Ikhwan said that of the cooperative\u2019s\napproximately 100 members across 10 regencies in West Java, only about\nhalf remained.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s right, only half of our cooperative\u2019s members are left,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n
In addition to low selling prices, Ikhwan highlighted the egg surplus\nand high costs of feed ingredients. He said both issues needed to be\naddressed for poultry farming to become sustainable again.<\/p>\n
He also welcomed the government\u2019s Feed Corn Supply and Price\nStabilisation (SPHP) programme and the procurement of feed ingredients\nthrough ID Food. However, he said the supply of subsidised maize\nremained a problem, as farmers had to compete with feed manufacturers to\nobtain it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government is subsidising maize today. The market price is as\nhigh as Rp8,000 per kilogram, while the government price is subsidised\nto Rp5,500 per kilogram through Bulog,\u201d Ikhwan said.<\/p>\n
He hoped the government would not only help buy eggs but also ensure\nmaize supplies were available and improve the poultry supply chain from\nupstream to downstream.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/amran-moves-quickly-to-help-poultry-farmers-issues-order-1793083883", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }