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        "id": 1773367,
        "msgid": "bulog-managing-director-grain-procurement-staff-work-non-stop-to-bolster-rice-self-sufficiency-1780078138",
        "date": "2026-05-29 23:17:06",
        "title": "Bulog Managing Director: Grain procurement staff work non-stop to bolster rice self-sufficiency",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Agriculture",
        "summary": "Bulog's managing director has confirmed grain procurement staff are working without holidays to bolster rice self-sufficiency, with warehouses operating around the clock and stricter quality controls implemented under a new presidential directive. As of May 2026, the agency has secured 74% of its annual 4 million ton target and maintains a 5.3 million ton government rice reserve to ensure national food security.",
        "content": "<p>Bulog Managing Director Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani said grain procurement\nstaff continue working without holidays despite work-from-home policies\nto maintain food stocks and bolster rice self-sufficiency. Meeting after\nthe Eid al-Adha sacrifice in Jakarta on Friday, Rizal said grain\nprocurement staff do not observe holidays as they must be present at\nharvest sites daily to ensure optimal uptake of farmers\u2019 produce. \u2018For\nthose handling grain procurement, there\u2019s no work-from-home or public\nholidays. Farmers harvest daily, and when there\u2019s a harvest, the\nprocurement staff are there,\u2019 Rizal said. Rizal also noted that Bulog\nwarehouse staff operate 24\/7, seven days a week, to receive rice paddy\nsupplies from major production regions across the country. He stated\nthat the high volume of incoming paddy has intensified warehouse\noperations as the rate of farmer produce absorption has significantly\nincreased during this year\u2019s harvest season. He added that warehouse\nstaff now have almost no rest time as they handle large daily inflows of\npaddy and rice. Bulog is also increasing storage capacity by leasing\nadditional warehouses, as most of its current 4 million ton capacity is\nfully occupied by domestic farmer produce stockpiles. \u2018We are now\nseeking an additional 2 million tons of private warehouse space,\u2019 he\nsaid. He said the high grain absorption rate demonstrates increased\nnational agricultural output and farmers\u2019 trust in Bulog as the\ngovernment\u2019s food security buffer. Bulog still relies on partnerships\nwith contract manufacturers to bolster grain procurement due to current\nlimitations in its organic workforce. He explained that Bulog has around\n4,000 permanent staff, with total workforce including outsourced\npersonnel estimated at 10,000 nationwide. Of these, only around 3,000\npersonnel can be deployed directly to the field to support nationwide\ngrain procurement efforts. Rizal further stated that Presidential\nInstruction No.\u00a04 of 2026 on Domestic Paddy\/Rice Procurement and\nManagement, as well as Government Rice Reserve Distribution for\n2026-2029, has positively impacted national rice quality due to a more\nselective procurement process. The instruction sets the government\npurchase price (HPP) for dry harvested paddy at Rp6,500 per kilogram\nacross all quality levels at the farm level. It also sets a target of\nfour million tons of paddy or equivalent rice for strengthening the\nGovernment Rice Reserve (CBP) stockpile throughout 2026. He said\nstricter quality control of paddy has improved government rice stocks,\nensuring optimal national food reserve quality. He admitted that\npreviously, poor-quality paddy had been found, lowering the absorption\nquality and damaging storage processes at national Bulog warehouses.\n\u2018The impact is now positive, with better rice quality. Previously,\nunfortunately, there were low milling yields,\u2019 Rizal said. Bulog has\nstrengthened its direct paddy collection system alongside Babinsa\npersonnel to ensure transparent procurement and minimise fraud on the\nground. Bulog reported that farmer produce absorption by end-May 2026\nreached approximately 2.96 million tons of rice equivalent, or 74% of\nthe annual 4 million ton target. The state-owned food company also\nmanages a Government Rice Reserve (CBP) stockpile of 5.3 million tons as\nof end-May 2026 to bolster food security and maintain national supply\nstability.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bulog-managing-director-grain-procurement-staff-work-non-stop-to-bolster-rice-self-sufficiency-1780078138",
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