Bali Records 174 Operational 'Red and White' Village Cooperatives, Mostly Grocery Outlets
Denpasar (ANTARA) - The Bali Cooperatives and SMEs Agency (Diskop UKM) has recorded that of the 716 Village and Sub-district Red and White Cooperatives (KDKMP) in Bali, 174 cooperatives are now operational and have opened grocery outlets.
Head of Diskop UKM Bali Tri Arya Dhyana Kubontubuh in Denpasar on Tuesday said these grocery outlets are spread across all regencies and cities, unlike other business units which tend to follow the local wisdom of each area.
“The types of KDKMP outlets that are already operational, such as grocery outlets, are present in nine regencies and cities,” said Tri Arya, reviewing data collected up to August 2026.
Although grocery outlets are everywhere, there are other types of businesses that are also widely spread across Bali, such as banking agents, savings and loan units, pharmacies and clinics, as well as plantation and agricultural products.
“What is unique is the cocoa plantation in Jembrana, and there is also a village cooperative based on precise data according to the real needs of residents in Bongkasa Pertiwi, and so on,” he said.
Looking at the outlet buildings, Diskop UKM Bali recorded that only 86 outlet buildings are 100 percent complete, namely in Jembrana with 19 units, Bangli 14 units, Buleleng 13 units, Gianyar 11 units, Karangasem nine units, Badung eight, Klungkung seven, Tabanan five, and Denpasar still none.
Although there are not many outlets yet, according to him this does not mean other cooperatives cannot operate.
Tri Arya explained that the acceleration of physical building construction for KDKMP depends on the availability of land in the respective village or sub-district, as well as funding and the party responsible for construction, which is part of the central government.
The Bali Provincial Government and regency/city governments are striving to ensure that each cooperative has at least one active business unit with a business tailored to the potential of the local village or sub-district, or the needs of the local community.
“Our version of operational is those that already have at least one active business outlet, so it actually has nothing to do with new buildings,” he said.
Rather than making an issue of buildings for outlets, Diskop UKM Bali actually hopes the central government will help in terms of human resources and capital.
This is because, like Denpasar City, although it does not yet have an outlet building, currently of the 174 active village cooperatives there are 39 units in Denpasar, followed by Buleleng and Tabanan with 32 units, Jembrana 26 units, Gianyar 13 units, Badung 12 units, Karangasem 11 units, Bangli seven units, and Klungkung two units.
According to Tri Arya, the human resources of cooperative management and supervisors need to be trained so they have competence in how to manage cooperatives and an entrepreneurial spirit.
In addition, capital assistance is needed, as the capital pattern and access to capital from the central government remain unclear, and capital support from members or prospective members of KDKMP is not yet optimal.