Bapanas Strengthens Regulations on Quality Rice Reserve Procurement
Jakarta — The National Food Agency (Bapanas) has strengthened regulations governing government rice reserve procurement (CBP) to ensure the quality of absorbed rice remains maintained whilst reinforcing national stock availability in support of food stability.
Bapanas Head and Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman stated the effort is being undertaken through Bapanas Regulation No. 2 of 2026, which prioritises CBP strengthening by sourcing from domestic rice production.
“In this regulation, several important points have been clarified to ensure increasingly better CBP stocks, from absorption through to distribution,” Amran said during a Food Availability Coordination Meeting in Jakarta on Thursday.
Regulation 2/2026 has clarified CBP procurement through purchases of paddy or rice in the form of harvest-dried paddy (GKP), mill-dried paddy (GKG), medium rice, and premium rice. For GKP qualification, emphasis is placed on paddy that has reached harvest maturity at farm level.
Mill-dried paddy (GKG) is GKP that has been processed at farm level or at milling facilities. GKP can be processed into GKG, medium rice, and premium rice. Procurement prioritises purchases of domestic production.
Bapanas has also requested state-owned enterprise Bulog to employ the government purchase price (HPP) instrument of IDR 6,500 per kilogram when absorbing farmer paddy. Should the average producer-level price in the local area fall below the HPP, Bulog remains obligated to purchase whilst adhering to the HPP. However, if the average producer price exceeds the HPP, flexibility in the HPP can be extended to Bulog for a specified period.
The government together with Bulog continues to consistently strengthen CBP stocks by absorbing domestic harvest output from farmers. Rice equivalent absorption realisations during the first quarter of 2026 have exceeded the previous year’s achievement.
Amran predicts that by the third week of March 2026, CBP stocks can reach a total of 4 million tonnes. The following month is estimated to continue rising to reach 5 million tonnes. This represents an accumulation of rice equivalent absorption realisations vigorously implemented by Bulog.
“Our (CBP) stocks today are 3.9 million tonnes. By this week, God willing, 4 million tonnes, and within one month ahead, 5 million tonnes. This has never occurred in the history of the Republic of Indonesia. God willing, in months four, five, six (April, May, June), it could reach 6 million tonnes. (In April), 5.2 million tonnes is the estimate for next month,” Amran stated.
The escalation of CBP stocks at the beginning of 2026 demonstrates the progressivity between monthly domestic rice production and rice equivalent absorption undertaken by Bulog.
According to Bapanas records, the realisation of domestic rice procurement as of 11 March reached 928.2 thousand tonnes. This achievement increased by 208.8 thousand tonnes compared to the January-March 2025 realisation, which stood at 719.3 thousand tonnes.
Nevertheless, Bapanas assures that CBP absorption during March will continue to increase.
“This is the hard work of us all bearing fruit under the grand vision of the President (Prabowo Subianto), driving the people’s economy, extraordinary. We have already begun exporting to other countries and God willing, hopefully three more countries will follow, we will export to neighbouring countries,” Amran elaborated.
Bapanas has also emphasised that CBP distribution undertaken by Bulog through the Food Supply and Price Stabilisation Programme (SPHP) can be implemented throughout the year. However, this is exempted in regions that are paddy production centres currently experiencing harvest seasons.
Additionally, Bapanas stated that according to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the price index received by rice farmers through February 2026 stood at 144.84. This price index remains higher than January 2026, which was at 144.72.
The peak price index received by rice farmers over the past seven years occurred in September 2025 with an achievement of 146.28. This index has far exceeded annual achievements starting from December 2019, which was recorded at 109.22, then March 2020 at 108.82, January 2021 at 108.19, December 2022 at 118.65, and December 2023 at 137.75. The highest index in 2024 was in February at 146.08.