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        "id": 1735866,
        "msgid": "zulhas-calls-bgn-head-to-request-addition-of-eggs-to-mbg-menu-1778656098",
        "date": "2026-05-13 09:43:24",
        "title": "Zulhas Calls BGN Head to Request Addition of Eggs to MBG Menu",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID_BISNIS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan has urged the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) to incorporate eggs into the free nutritious meal (MBG) programme twice a week to boost demand and stabilise prices, following observations of declining egg prices at Rp 27,000 per kilogram in Jakarta's Palmerah Market. This intervention aims to support poultry farmers facing losses, with farm-level prices dropping to Rp 20,000 per kilogram from the usual Rp 23,000, amid broader concerns over weakening consumer purchasing power. The move highlights government efforts to balance nutritional provision in the MBG initiative with agricultural market support.",
        "content": "<p>Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan has requested the\nNational Nutrition Agency (BGN) to utilise chicken eggs in the free\nnutritious meal menu twice a week. \u201cThe supply is abundant, but demand\nis low. We are asking BGN to use eggs two days a week,\u201d he said in\nJakarta on Wednesday, 13 May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The request was conveyed by Zulkifli via telephone to BGN Head Dadan\nHindayana after monitoring food prices at Palmerah Market in West\nJakarta.<\/p>\n<p>After visiting several traders, Zulhas\u2014as he is nicknamed\u2014stated that\nthe current price of chicken eggs is Rp 27,000 per kilogram. This is\nbelow the reference purchase price (HAP) at the consumer level, which is\nRp 30,000 per kilogram.<\/p>\n<p>In his conversation with Dadan, Zulhas relayed the farmers\u2019 request\nfor BGN to absorb eggs since prices are currently falling. \u201cPlease help,\nSir. So that farmers can keep smiling,\u201d Zulhas said shortly before\nending the call.<\/p>\n<p>Zulhas is optimistic that absorption through the MBG project can lift\negg prices. The goal of raising egg prices, he said, is to prevent\nfarmers from incurring losses. He noted that the current price of eggs\nsold by farmers to retail traders is Rp 20,000 per kilogram. Normally,\nhe added, farmers can sell at Rp 23,000 per kilogram.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he stated that protein in the MBG menu is not limited to\neggs. Besides eggs, there are catfish, chicken, and beef. However, for\nnow, Zulhas has asked BGN to intervene in egg consumption to stabilise\nprices.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate encounter, an egg trader at Palmerah Market confirmed\nZulhas\u2019s statement on egg prices. He said the current price of eggs has\ndropped to Rp 27,000 per kilogram from the previous Rp 28,000 per\nkilogram.<\/p>\n<p>Azam, a seller met by Tempo at Palmerah Market, recounted that the\negg price decline has occurred over the past week. He is unsure of the\nexact cause of the drop in the commodity\u2019s price. This is because prices\nhave also fallen at the farm level. Azam said the upstream price of eggs\nis around Rp 24,800 per kilogram.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the decline in chicken egg prices indicates\nweakening public purchasing power. \u201cIf goods are cheap, buyers decrease\ninstead,\u201d said Azam. He noted that on average, consumers buy about half\nto one kilogram of eggs per day.<\/p>\n<p>Egg prices have indeed been observed to fall since April 2026.\nMinistry of Trade data records the egg price as of 13 April 2026 at Rp\n29,786 per kilogram. The price continued to drop to Rp 28,354 per\nkilogram a month later.<\/p>",
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