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        "id": 1708780,
        "msgid": "prabowo-wants-to-continue-mbg-until-completion-boosting-the-economy-1777463591",
        "date": "2026-04-29 18:19:00",
        "title": "Prabowo Wants to Continue MBG Until Completion, Boosting the Economy",
        "author": "Sakina Rakhma Diah Setiawan",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to continue the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme until it is fully implemented, highlighting its success in reaching 60 million beneficiaries five times a week. The initiative has generated significant economic benefits, including improved market absorption for agricultural products, the creation of 30,000 MBG kitchens employing 1.5 million people, and the ongoing development of 81,000 Red and White Village\/Urban Ward Cooperatives. Prabowo noted international interest in the programme, positioning it as a model for large-scale social welfare that stimulates economic multipliers, such as in grassroots markets and housing initiatives.",
        "content": "<p>CILACAP, KOMPAS.com - President Prabowo Subianto stated that the\ngovernment will continue implementing the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG)\nprogramme until completion. Prabowo said the MBG programme has already\nsuccessfully reached 60 million beneficiaries, distributed five times a\nweek. \u201cOur brothers and sisters have already produced MBG for tens of\nmillions, and we will continue until finished,\u201d Prabowo said at the\nGroundbreaking of 13 Downstream Projects Phase II in Cilacap, Central\nJava, on Wednesday (29\/4\/2026). Nevertheless, the government is\ncommitted to making improvements. According to him, the MBG programme\nhas proven to provide benefits, including a multiplier effect that\nboosts the economy in grassroots markets. The presence of MBG has\nenabled agricultural products, which were previously often unsold in the\nmarket leading to losses for farmers, to now be purchased by the\nNutrition Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG) or MBG Kitchens. He explained\nthat one MBG kitchen employs at least 50 people. If the number of MBG\nkitchens reaches 30,000 units, the number of workers absorbed will reach\n1.5 million people. In addition, there are 81,000 Red and White\nVillage\/Urban Ward Cooperatives (Kopdes) that are still being built\ngradually. \u201cYou calculate it yourselves, over 1 million something. So,\nbrothers and sisters, not yet including our other programmes, people\u2019s\nhousing,\u201d Prabowo emphasised. The Gerindra Party chairman said that\ncurrently, many countries are even coming to Indonesia to study MBG. He\nasked which country could provide meals for 60 million people five times\na week. \u201cPerhaps China, but we know China has already taken off ahead of\nus,\u201d Prabowo said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/prabowo-wants-to-continue-mbg-until-completion-boosting-the-economy-1777463591",
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