Bapanas Emphasises Stabilising Rice Prices through SPHP Intervention
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Food Agency (Bapanas) has emphasised rice interventions through the Stabilisation of Food Supply and Prices (SPHP) programme to maintain rice price stability and ensure affordable supply for communities across Indonesia.
“We are targeting 828,000 tonnes of SPHP rice in 2026. Thus, SPHP rice serves as a very important instrument for stabilising supply and prices,” said Deputy for Consumption Diversity and Food Security of Bapanas, Andriko Noto Sutanto, in a statement in Jakarta on Thursday.
He stated that national rice prices are still sufficiently controlled. Although fluctuations occur, they remain manageable. The government is consistently implementing various rice intervention programmes by releasing stocks of Government Rice Reserves (CBP) managed by Perum Bulog.
Furthermore, he said that in Bapanas’s analysis of data on the rise in the Price Development Index (IPH) from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) for the second week of April, rice was reported to have an IPH increase in 83 regencies/cities nationwide.
North Sumatra, Southeast Sulawesi, and North Sulawesi became provinces with the number of regencies/cities experiencing IPH increases exceeding the Highest Retail Price (HET) for medium rice in 5 to 6 regencies/cities.
To address this, Bapanas has requested Perum Bulog to accelerate the realisation of the distribution of the Stabilisation of Food Supply and Prices (SPHP) rice programme.
In addition, the rice food assistance programme, serving as an economic buffer for low-income communities, is expected to further stabilise rice conditions.
In the report received by Bapanas, Andriko continued, the realisation of SPHP programme rice sales in 2026 from early March to 14 April has reached 112,000 tonnes.
“This correlates well with the development of national medium rice prices,” he said.
In Bapanas’s monitoring, the average national price of medium rice as of 12 April in all zones consistently does not exceed the HET. In Zone I, the average medium rice price is Rp12,984 per kilogram (kg) or 3.82% below the HET, Zone II at Rp13,615 per kg or 2.75% below the HET, and Zone III at Rp15,178 per kg or 2.08% below.
For example, in the DKI Jakarta and Banten regions with a total distribution target until the end of the year of 46,820 tonnes, the sales realisation is only 1,450 tonnes.
Other rice intervention programmes, such as food assistance that acts as an economic buffer, can also dampen rice price fluctuations. The total rice distribution target has been assigned by Bapanas to Bulog to reach 33.2 million beneficiary families.
“Then, besides SPHP rice, the National Food Agency has also tasked Perum Bulog with distributing food assistance, 10 kilograms of rice and 2 litres of cooking oil per household, to 33.2 million across Indonesia. This is free. Whereas the earlier SPHP rice is at a cheap price,” Andriko explained.
“So that consumer-level rice prices can be further dampened by food assistance and SPHP rice,” he added.
Bapanas recorded that the realisation of food assistance distribution as of 15 April has reached 87.4 million kg of rice and 17.5 million litres of cooking oil. The coverage has started in 34 provinces. The four provinces not yet covered are West Papua, Central Papua Highlands, South Papua, and Central Papua.
Previously, the Head of Bapanas and Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman revealed that the national CBP stock has broken a record again.
“What is clear now is that rice is settled. Today’s achievement, Bulog’s stock is 4.7 million tonnes. This is very good. This month, God willing, we will have 5 million tonnes of rice. This has never happened since Indonesia’s independence,” said Bapanas Head Amran.
In Bapanas’s records, the total national rice stock managed by Perum Bulog as of 14 April has reached 4.75 million tonnes. This figure has surpassed the previous highest CBP stock record of 4.2 million tonnes in June 2025.
As a positive implication, rice inflation has become more stable and lower compared to previous years.
The highest monthly rice inflation in 2025 was 1.35% in July. Meanwhile, in 2023 and 2024, it reached 5.61% in September 2023 and 5.28% in February 2024. The latest rice inflation in March 2026 is at 0.65%.