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        "id": 1869486,
        "msgid": "perumda-pasar-suggests-affirmative-policy-for-bgn-to-involve-msmes-in-sppg-1784534096",
        "date": "2026-07-20 13:45:55",
        "title": "Perumda Pasar Suggests Affirmative Policy for BGN to Involve MSMEs in SPPG",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "A director of a regional market company in Bogor has urged the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) to adopt an affirmative policy that involves local micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Nutrition Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG). He argued that traditional market traders are currently excluded from direct participation in the free nutritious meal programme, acting only as secondary suppliers. The proposal calls for clear pricing standards and the use of credible aggregators, such as regional-owned enterprises, to integrate thousands of small traders into the supply chain.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Hari Setiawan, director of Perumda Pasar Tohaga in\nBogor Regency, has suggested that the National Nutrition Agency (BGN)\nintroduce an affirmative policy obliging regional governments to involve\nsmall traders and SMEs in the Nutrition Fulfilment Service Units\n(SPPG).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an evaluation, would it be possible for BGN to have an\naffirmative policy involving SMEs, traders, or economic actors? Because\nwhenever the question arises of whether traditional traders can run\nSPPGs, the response is unclear. In Bogor alone, there are six million\nresidents served by our markets, so why can these traders not become\ndirect business actors, instead of merely being spectators or a second\nlayer?\u201d he said during a BGN podcast monitored in Jakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, a government affirmative policy requiring products\nto be sourced through traditional markets would allow the grassroots\neconomy to flourish more abundantly, rather than market traders simply\nbeing spectators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there needs to be a local food ecosystem supporting the Free\nNutritious Meal programme, ensuring this grassroots economy can keep\nrolling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hari outlined several challenges facing traditional market traders\nthat have prevented them from gaining direct access to SPPGs, one of\nwhich is that BGN has yet to establish price standards or\ntransparency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis needs to be clarified, because as I see it, SPPG prices vary.\nTraders are not yet aggregated \u2014 imagine, a single market may have\nthousands of traders, and across our 20 markets there could be tens of\nthousands. It is impossible for an SPPG to deal with 15,000 traders, so\naggregation is needed; there must be credible aggregators, for instance\nregional-owned enterprises (BUMD) across Indonesia could act as\naggregators, as we do at Pasar Tohaga,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the importance of sound governance regarding fair pricing\npolicies set by BGN as a solution, so that traditional market traders\ncan also grow and work alongside the SPPGs to ensure the success of the\nFree Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Highest Retail Price (HET) set at SPPGs has no standard, except\nperhaps for goods with existing HETs like cooking oil and sugar, which\nare limited. But there is indeed no reference price for staple foods,\nand that is what perhaps needs to be agreed upon, even though it may\nvary from region to region,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/perumda-pasar-suggests-affirmative-policy-for-bgn-to-involve-msmes-in-sppg-1784534096",
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