All About Kopdes Managers: Status After Two-Year Contract to Salary Amount

The government has explained the status of managers of the Merah Putih Village/Urban Village Cooperatives (Kopdes) after the end of their two-year work contract. Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs and Head of the Task Force for Accelerating the Formation of Kopdes Merah Putih, Zulkifli Hasan, stated that managers who pass the selection will be contracted under a fixed-term work agreement (PKWT) under the auspices of the state-owned enterprise PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara for two years. “For the time being (PKWT) two years. Then after two years, they will become cooperative officers,” he said during a press conference at his office in Jakarta on Monday. With this scheme, Zulkifli noted that the managers in the initial stage will have the status of Agrinas Pangan employees. The government considers this pattern necessary to support the formation and initial operations of Kopdes Merah Putih in various regions. Regarding salaries, Zulkifli stated that payments during the contract period will be provided by Agrinas Pangan because the managers are still under that state-owned enterprise. “Later, because they are Agrinas employees, Agrinas Pangan will certainly pay,” he said. However, Zulkifli stated that he could not yet disclose details of the funding sources or the amount of salary that the Kopdes Merah Putih managers will receive. The government is opening 30,000 positions for Kopdes Merah Putih managers. Until the registration closure on 24 April 2026, the number of applicants reached 639,732 people. Zulkifli stated that Kopdes Merah Putih is formed as a centre for new economic growth at the village and urban village level, in line with the President’s directive to strengthen the people’s economy from the grassroots. Through this cooperative, the government wants to cut the supply chain that has so far been deemed too long while strengthening the position of farmers and village business actors. Kopdes Merah Putih is also said to play a role as an offtaker or absorber of community production results so that commodity prices remain stable. In addition to economic functions, the government stated that Kopdes Merah Putih will also serve as an extension of the government’s hand in distributing social assistance and subsidised goods to ensure they reach the right targets.