National Food Agency: Affordable Food Movement Continues Until Eid Eve
The National Food Agency (Bapanas) is ensuring its food price stabilisation programme operates through the approach to Eid al-Fitr to guarantee food availability. “Hopefully this will also serve as part of inflation control,” said I Gusti Ketut Astawa, Deputy for Food Availability and Stabilisation at the National Food Agency, in a written statement on Saturday, 14 March 2026.
The food intervention programmes in question include the Affordable Food Movement (GPM), Food Supply and Price Stabilisation (SPHP) for rice, and stock mobilisation through the Food Distribution Facilitation (FDP) programme, as well as food aid for rice and cooking oil.
In addition to providing general affordable food outlets, Astawa stated the government is rolling out the Affordable Food Movement for specific commodities. One example is the GPM for frozen chicken, available at more than 1,200 outlets across 17 provinces. Astawa confirmed this programme will continue until the day before Eid al-Fitr.
Astawa stated the GPM frozen chicken programme is a collaboration between the National Food Agency, PT Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Tbk, PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia, and PT Malindo Feedmill Tbk. The public can find the locations of frozen chicken GPM outlets via the link: bit.ly/gpmdagingayam2026.
Another special GPM initiative is for ruminant meat. The National Food Agency is implementing this programme in partnership with PT Perusahaan Perdagangan Indonesia (PPI) and PT Berdikari.
Astawa hopes the public will be able to access affordable beef and buffalo meat through the provided outlets.
As of March, the National Food Agency has recorded 789 implementations of the GPM across 24 provinces and 153 districts and cities. In addition to the Affordable Food Movement, Astawa reported the implementation of the SPHP and FDP programmes during the third month.
For the SPHP rice initiative, Astawa noted sales reached 19,500 tonnes by 13 March 2026. The public can purchase a maximum of five packs of 5-kilogramme bags or a maximum of two packs for the 2-kilogramme variant.
Meanwhile, FDP realisation by March totalled 13,916 kilogrammes comprising red bird’s eye chillies (5,590 kilogrammes), live cattle (5,126 kilogrammes), rice (2,000 kilogrammes), and Minyakita cooking oil (1,200 litres).
Astawa stated the deficit areas targeted for FDP include Mahakam Ulu District in East Kalimantan, Kramat Jati Central Market in Jakarta, Central Lombok, East Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara, and the Riau Islands.
Finally, Astawa noted that rice and cooking oil food aid has begun distribution to 232,076 beneficiaries as of 14 March 2026. Rice distributed totalled 4.64 million kilogrammes and cooking oil reached 928,300 litres.