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        "id": 1783932,
        "msgid": "trade-minister-food-aid-will-be-adjusted-to-surplus-commodities-1780557779",
        "date": "2026-06-04 12:48:15",
        "title": "Trade Minister: Food aid will be adjusted to surplus commodities",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Agriculture",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Trade Minister, Budi Santoso, stated that future food aid programmes will not necessarily focus solely on rice and cooking oil, but may include other commodities requiring increased demand, such as eggs. This aims to balance supply and prices at the farmer and breeder level when overproduction occurs, potentially suppressing prices. The government is coordinating with the National Nutrition Agency to ensure local nutrition service units absorb the production of local farmers.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Trade Minister Budi Santoso said that in the\nfuture, food aid does not have to always be in the form of rice and\ncooking oil, but can use other commodities that need support for\nabsorption, such as eggs.<\/p>\n<p>According to Budi, this scheme aims to maintain the balance of supply\nand prices at the farmer and breeder level when there is excess\nproduction which has the potential to suppress prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, for example, when the price of eggs is falling, then food aid\ndoes not have to be cooking oil or rice, but can also be eggs. So this\nis in order to absorb our food products or our staple food products,\nwhich are indeed in increased production,\u201d said Budi in Jakarta,\nThursday.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the policy is being prepared in line with the\ndecline in egg prices in several areas, especially in Blitar, East Java.\nThe government has coordinated with the National Nutrition Agency (BGN)\nso that the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG) in the area\nabsorb the production of local farmers\u2019 eggs.<\/p>\n<p>This step is taken to help raise egg prices so that they return to\nbeing close to the highest retail price (HET) while also maintaining the\nwelfare of farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, national egg production has a surplus of around 12\npercent. According to him, the market demand is actually available, but\nit needs better absorption management through government programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, there is a 12 percent surplus for eggs, so this is good\nfor farmers. And the absorption actually exists, it just needs us to\nmanage it well for the SPPG, so that eggs can be absorbed well,\u201d said\nBudi.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to eggs, the government will also apply a similar\napproach to other food commodities. If the price of chicken meat falls\nbelow the HET, the BGN will be encouraged to increase absorption through\nthe Free Nutritious Meal program run by the SPPG.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the flexibility of food aid is one of the\ngovernment\u2019s instruments to maintain price stability while also ensuring\nthat the production of farmers and breeders is well absorbed in the\ndomestic market.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/trade-minister-food-aid-will-be-adjusted-to-surplus-commodities-1780557779",
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