Bapanas Head Tightly Monitors Broiler Egg Reference Price to Safeguard Farmers

Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) Andi Amran Sulaiman has asserted that his agency is tightly monitoring the Farmgate Reference Purchase Price (HAP) for broiler eggs to protect farmers, maintain market equilibrium, and ensure national price stability. “We have adopted several policies so that we can protect egg farmers from suffering losses,” Amran said in a statement in Jakarta on Wednesday. The farmgate HAP for broiler eggs, based on the Republic of Indonesia National Food Agency Regulation Number 6 of 2024, is set at Rp26,500 per kilogram. This stipulation is ensured to be accompanied by strict supervision from the government together with the Indonesian National Police Food Task Force. Amran stated that in order to protect domestic egg farmers from deeper losses, the government, through Bapanas, will collaboratively oversee the implementation of the broiler egg HAP at the farm level. Amran requested all collectors and egg buyers to adhere to the HAP of Rp26,500 per kilogram. The enforcement of the farmgate broiler egg HAP is crucial for safeguarding the interests of domestic farmers and the sustainability of national egg production. Amran confirmed he will issue an appeal letter to all farmers to jointly comply with the Rp26,500 per kg HAP. Furthermore, the absorption of farmers’ broiler eggs through the government’s strategic programme managed by the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), namely the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme, has also been secured. The increasing intensity of egg-based menus within MBG will continue to be enhanced. Amran disclosed that he has contacted BGN Head Nanik Sudaryati Deyang, who immediately agreed to consistently absorb farmers’ eggs. With this step of egg absorption for MBG, he is optimistic that farmers’ egg prices can soon recover. Previously, Bapanas also supported the acceleration of egg absorption for MBG in East Java. By implementing an egg menu three times a week, it is estimated to be capable of absorbing around 8 to 10 percent of East Java’s egg production. BGN reported that the estimated egg requirement for 22 districts/cities in East Java comprising 2,501 beneficiaries is about 170 kg per unit, equivalent to a total of roughly 16 tonnes of eggs for a 2-week requirement. Specifically for Blitar Regency, implementing the egg menu three times a week requires a supply of up to 49 tonnes of eggs per week. Bapanas together with BGN will also map surplus and deficit regions across Indonesia. This is needed so that the BGN, through its Nutritional Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG), can become an absorber of agricultural/livestock food products from farmers in those regions.