Bapanas Extends Corn SPHP Programme to Support Local Poultry Farmers

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Andi Amran Sulaiman has confirmed that the Food Supply and Price Stabilisation (SPHP) programme for corn will be extended to help local farmers maintain feed costs and ensure the sustainability of the national poultry industry.

According to Amran, the policy is crucial because corn is one of the main raw materials for poultry feed. Ensuring a reliable supply of corn at affordable prices is expected to help keep production costs down for farmers.

“Extend and prolong the corn SPHP programme — that is Bulog’s responsibility, my responsibility. Bulog, extend it as long as possible. As long as farmers need it, provide it. Simple. No fuss,” said Amran, who also serves as Minister of Agriculture, in a statement in Jakarta on Tuesday.

He made the remarks during a Poultry Coordination Meeting in Surabaya, East Java. Amran also instructed state logistics company Perum Bulog, as the distribution operator, to extend the distribution of corn under the SPHP programme.

Bapanas has recorded a total allocation of 242,000 tonnes for the corn feed SPHP programme since it was launched in May 2026, sourced from domestic corn harvests purchased at favourable prices to support poultry farmers.

Realisation to date has reached 46.55 percent, or approximately 118,000 tonnes. The corn SPHP programme was launched to assist more than 5,000 micro, small and medium-scale farmers across 26 provinces, with a total poultry population of 53 million birds.

The price for feed corn set by Bapanas is Rp5,000 per kilogram when collected from Bulog warehouses, with a maximum price of Rp5,500 per kilogram at the farmer level.

Amran stressed that the government is taking a firm stance to maintain a balance between production input costs and the prices farmers receive for their output.

“Please do not let feed prices rise. I am asking, I am ordering this — no more bargaining,” Amran asserted.

The government does not want farmers to come under further pressure from rising production costs at a time when egg prices have not yet provided an adequate rate of return.

Smallholder farmers have responded positively to the government’s decision in addressing the pressures facing the national poultry industry.

A number of concrete measures agreed during the meeting are seen as offering hope for the sustainability of farmers’ businesses, particularly amid pressure on feed prices and an oversupply of eggs.

Chairman of the Prosperous Poultry Farmers Cooperative (KPUS) Suwardi said farmers are satisfied with the government’s decisions resulting from the coordination meeting.

According to him, the decisions show that the government is listening to and directly responding to the problems faced by farmers on the ground.

“We are satisfied, because this has been discussed in the meeting. Hopefully the implementation will be the same. Because this concerns the very livelihood of these farmers,” said Suwardi after attending the poultry coordination meeting.

One of the decisions that drew farmers’ attention was the government’s commitment to ensure that feed prices do not become an increasing burden on farmers while egg prices at the farm level have not yet aligned with the reference purchase price (HAP).

The Ministry of Agriculture has set the government purchase price (HPP) for chicken eggs at the farmer level at Rp26,500 per kilogram.