Bapanas Urges Regional Governments to Strengthen Food Price and Supply Stability
The National Food Agency (Bapanas) is urging all regional governments to strengthen synergy in monitoring food supply stability and prices. Hermawan, Bapanas Director of Food Safety and Quality Standards Supervision, stated that regional authorities are the frontline in early detection of potential price or supply volatility. “Strengthening coordination is a key factor in ensuring price balance across the entire supply chain while keeping food inflation under control,” he said during a coordination meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs in Jakarta.
He emphasised that inflation control is not only required when prices are too high at the consumer level, but the government must also intervene when prices at the producer level fall too low. Regional governments are expected to ensure smooth logistics distribution, strengthen supervision with the Food Task Force against potential hoarding or unfair trade practices, and rapidly submit price and supply data as a basis for policy decisions. “Immediately intervene if prices fall below the government purchase price or reference price at the producer level, or exceed the retail ceiling or reference price at the consumer level,” Hermawan instructed.
Bapanas Head and Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman previously asserted that food stability must be achieved by balancing the interests of all supply chain actors. He noted that farmers and breeders must receive profitable prices to sustain production, while the public must have access to safe, sufficient, and affordable food. “The number one priority is stabilising supply and prices. Currently, our rice, corn, sugar, shallots, eggs, and meat are all secure. The task now is maintaining price stability,” Amran said.
As a concrete measure, Bapanas, together with regional governments, state-owned food enterprises, and other stakeholders, continues to expand the Cheap Food Movement (GPM). By mid-July 2026, GPM had reached all 38 provinces and 447 regencies/cities, with a further 390 activities planned, prioritising areas with the highest food price pressures. The government is also optimising Food Distribution Facilitation (FDP), having mobilised 159,040 kilogrammes of commodities between regions, including 5,040 kilogrammes of eggs from Blitar to Bekasi to support producer prices and maintain supply in destination areas.
Stabilisation efforts are reinforced through the distribution of rice under the Supply and Price Stabilisation Programme (SPHP), with 493,000 tonnes disbursed, representing 59.57 percent of the 828,000-tonne target. Distribution is prioritised for regions with high rice prices, archipelagic areas, border regions, and areas facing logistical constraints. Meanwhile, the SPHP for corn has seen 84,172 tonnes distributed, or 39.48 percent of the 213,200-tonne ceiling, aimed at reducing feed costs for layer chicken farmers to help stabilise egg and chicken meat prices. The government is also optimising the use of Government Food Reserves (CPP) by distributing rice aid to 33.2 million beneficiary families for the July to September 2026 period, serving as an economic stimulus to strengthen purchasing power and national food security.