Perum Bulog has confirmed it will continue purchasing paddy and rice\nfrom farmers without setting an additional volume limit, even though its\n2026 procurement has exceeded the national target of four million tonnes\nof rice equivalent.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no limit,\u201d Bulog President Director Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani\nsaid after attending a limited coordination meeting at the Coordinating\nMinistry for Food Affairs in Jakarta on Wednesday, in response to a\nquestion about limits on paddy and rice procurement.<\/p>\n
Rizal said Bulog would continue carrying out its mandate to buy\nfarmers\u2019 harvests in line with instructions from President Prabowo\nSubianto, the Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs and the Minister of\nAgriculture, despite having met its procurement target.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as farmers are harvesting, Bulog has been instructed to\ncontinue buying. Even though we have reached 100 per cent of the target,\nfour million tonnes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said continued procurement was intended to ensure farmers still\nhad the opportunity to sell their harvests, even after Bulog had\nexceeded the government\u2019s procurement target.<\/p>\n
Rizal said domestic paddy and rice procurement had reached around\n4.13 million tonnes of rice equivalent as of Wednesday (14 October).<\/p>\n
He stressed that meeting the procurement target was not a reason for\nBulog to stop buying farmers\u2019 produce, particularly while harvesting was\ncontinuing in various regions.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we must continue to protect our farmers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Asked whether funding was available to continue procurement, Rizal\nsaid the government had prepared budgetary support for Bulog.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe funding is being prepared by the government. It is prepared;\nthere is no problem,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
According to Bulog\u2019s official report on Monday (12 October), domestic\nprocurement of paddy and rice had reached 4,131,492 tonnes of rice\nequivalent by 11 October 2026, or 103.29 per cent of the national target\nof four million tonnes.<\/p>\n
The figure exceeds procurement for all of 2025, which totalled\n3,191,969 tonnes of rice equivalent, and is the highest procurement\nlevel in Bulog\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
Continued procurement is also evident at regional level. Bulog\u2019s\nBandung branch reported purchasing 84,653 tonnes of harvested dry paddy\n(GKP) by 12 October 2026, about 117 per cent of its regional target of\n72,147 tonnes.<\/p>\n
Bandung branch head Yanto Nurdianto said on Tuesday (13 October) that\npaddy procurement in his area would continue until the end of the year,\ndespite having exceeded its annual target.<\/p>\n
The 2026 mandate to procure domestic paddy and rice is based on\nPresidential Instruction No.\u00a04 of 2026, which sets a target of four\nmillion tonnes of rice equivalent to strengthen the Government Rice\nReserve (CBP).<\/p>\n
Under the policy, the government has also set the government purchase\nprice (HPP) for harvested dry paddy at Rp6,500 per kilogram at farm\nlevel as a measure to protect the price farmers receive for their\nharvests.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bulog-vows-to-continue-buying-paddy-without-limit-despite-exceeding-target-1791993074", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }