Serang \u2014 The Deputy Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN),\nNanik Sudaryati Deyang, has warned foundations and partners against\nestablishing cooperatives merely to monopolise and control food supply\nchains to Nutrition Service Provision Units (SPPG).<\/p>\n
\u201cThese foundations and partners are creating cooperatives, which is\nstrange,\u201d Nanik said during an Economic People Empowerment Synergy\nevent: Empowering MSMEs, Cooperatives, and Village-Owned Enterprises to\nSupport the MBG Programme in Serang, Banten, earlier this week.<\/p>\n
Under Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 115 of 2025,\nparticularly Article 38 Paragraph 1, the implementation of the Free\nNutritious Meals Programme (MBG) prioritises the use of domestic\nproducts and involvement of micro-enterprises, small businesses,\nindividual proprietorships, cooperatives, merah putih village\/urban\ncooperatives, and village-owned enterprises.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, these must be genuine cooperatives, not fake ones,\u201d said\nNanik.<\/p>\n
Nanik has regularly received reports that many partners establish\ntheir own cooperatives to supply food raw materials to SPPG units.\nRather than assisting small farmers, livestock breeders, and MSMEs in\nmarketing their products, partners and foundations instead seek profit\nby establishing fake cooperatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey establish cooperatives merely as a front to monopolise the\nsupply of raw materials,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Head of BGN for Public Communications and Investigation\nemphasised that the MBG programme must not be exploited for the business\ninterests of a select few. The Government programme under President\nPrabowo Subianto is intended to foster and empower the grassroots\neconomy.<\/p>\n
Previously, the BGN\u2019s Director of Community Empowerment and\nParticipation (PPM), Tengku Syahdana, stated that his team had\nidentified several management problems in MBG meal preparation\nfacilities. Some SPPG units are dominated by particular parties in\ndecision-making, including food supply.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are SPPG heads whose fathers hold positions or have conflicts\nof interest, wanting to select their own suppliers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Additionally, some partners and foundations are excessively dominant\nin managing meal facilities, creating opportunities for food supply\nmonopoly practices. \u201cWe have also found foundations that are too\ndominant, so that the SPPG heads cannot make decisions,\u201d said\nTengku.<\/p>\n
However, some SPPG heads collude with partners and foundations in\narranging food products and their prices. For this reason, Nanik\nemphasised that SPPG units must prioritise using food products from\nsmall farmers, livestock breeders, and fishers, as well as local\nbusiness operators around the meal facility before seeking supplies from\nother regions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe provide solutions, such as enabling farmers to enter SPPG by\ngathering 10 to 15 people to establish a Trading Association or UD,\u201d\nsaid Nanik.<\/p>\n
Minimum 15 Suppliers Per Kitchen<\/p>\n
SPPG units must not depend on one or two food suppliers, especially\nif supplies are provided by suppliers controlled by partners or\nfoundations, including foundation-owned cooperatives. Each meal facility\nmust engage a minimum of 15 suppliers to prevent monopolistic practices\nand ensure the economic benefits of the MBG programme reach local small\nbusiness operators.<\/p>\n
According to Nanik, using a limited number of suppliers could create\nmonopolistic practices that contradict the MBG programme\u2019s objective as\nan engine of grassroots economic development. \u201cIf there are only one to\nfive suppliers, we will suspend it,\u201d said the Chair of the Coordinating\nCommittee of 17 Ministries and Institutions for MBG Implementation.<\/p>\n
Each type of food product must be supplied by different business\noperators, from suppliers of tempe, tofu, eggs, chicken, meat,\nvegetables, to fruit. \u201cThere must be a minimum of 15 suppliers \u2014 a tempe\nsupplier, a tofu supplier, an egg supplier, chicken suppliers (not just\none but two), a meat supplier, fruit suppliers (not just one, but\nvarious such as banana and orange suppliers), and vegetable suppliers \u2014\nall must be separate and not supplied by one entity,\u201d Nanik\nexplained.<\/p>\n
Nanik emphasised that this policy is part of efforts to ensure the\nMBG programme operates in accordance with the grassroots economic\ndevelopment vision. \u201cThe programme\u2019s benefits must be felt not only by\nrecipients of nutritious meals, but also by MSMEs, farmers, and small\nbusiness operators in the regions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Serang Deputy Mayor Nur Agis Aulia said the local\ngovernment is ready to support supervision of MBG programme\nimplementation to ensure it operates in accordance with established\nregulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will facilitate inter-agency coordination to ensure the MBG\nprogramme in Serang runs well and delivers economic benefits for the\ncommunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bgn-warns-partners-do-not-establish-cooperatives-merely-as-a-front-for-monopoly-1773237131", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }