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        "id": 1736881,
        "msgid": "to-support-farmers-ministry-of-agriculture-asks-bgn-to-increase-chicken-and-egg-menu-in-mbg-1778666244",
        "date": "2026-05-13 15:48:53",
        "title": "To Support Farmers, Ministry of Agriculture Asks BGN to Increase Chicken and Egg Menu in MBG",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Agriculture",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture has urged the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) to boost the frequency of chicken meat and eggs in the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme to enhance domestic absorption of these surplus commodities and stabilise prices for local farmers. Currently facing fluctuations and drops below government reference prices, chicken and egg production could benefit from increased procurement by 28,390 Nutrition Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG), with hopes that full operations of 30,000 units will absorb output without impacting farmer-level prices. This initiative follows meetings with associations and formal requests to align procurement prices and menus, potentially including daily servings to support the livestock sector.",
        "content": "<p>The existence of the MBG programme is precisely what can stabilise\nthe prices of chicken meat and eggs in Indonesia, as before this\nprogramme, prices at the farmer level were highly fluctuating.<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) has asked\nthe National Nutrition Agency (BGN) to increase the frequency of using\nchicken meat and eggs in the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) menu to support\nthe absorption of both commodities in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference at the Indonesian Government Communication\nAgency (Bakom) in Jakarta on Wednesday, the Director General of\nLivestock and Animal Health of Kementan, Agung Suganda, stated that\nchicken meat and egg commodities are in a surplus condition and have\neven been exported to several countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe existence of the MBG programme is precisely what can stabilise\nthe prices of chicken meat and eggs in Indonesia, as before this\nprogramme, prices at the farmer level were highly fluctuating,\u201d said\nAgung Suganda.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding this, he conveyed that Kementan has held a meeting with\nrelated associations, also attended by BGN representatives, to support\nthe absorption of chicken meat and egg products from local farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, Kementan has also sent a letter to the Deputy for\nProvision and Distribution of BGN, requesting that the Nutrition\nFulfilment Service Units (SPPG) carry out absorption of both commodities\nfrom farmers in their respective locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecondly, we also request that the frequency of the Nutritious Meals\nmenu, especially for chicken meat and eggs, be increased. Not just twice\na week, we ask that if necessary, it be every day to increase\nabsorption,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, Kementan also requests that the prices used comply\nwith the government\u2019s reference prices. This step is taken because\ncurrently, the prices of eggs and live chickens at the farmer level have\nalso fallen below the prices set by the government.<\/p>\n<p>With the absorption of commodities by 28,390 SPPGs implementing the\nMBG programme, it is hoped that this will be able to increase absorption\nand stabilise the prices of both commodities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, the position is still surplus; hopefully, if 30,000 SPPGs\nare operational, the hope is that they can absorb our chicken meat and\negg production and not affect prices at the farmer level,\u201d said Agung\nSuganda.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/to-support-farmers-ministry-of-agriculture-asks-bgn-to-increase-chicken-and-egg-menu-in-mbg-1778666244",
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