Amran: Government Sends Rice and Cooking Oil Aid for Flood Victims in Sumatra The government is distributing food aid to the areas affected by the floods in Sumatra. Rep: Frederikus Dominggus Bata/ Red: Ahmad Fikri Noor

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman conveyed that the government is distributing food aid to flood-affected areas in Sumatra. He emphasized that the handling is carried out in a structured manner through collaboration between Bulog, the National Food Agency (Bapanas), the Food Task Force, and the support of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and the Indonesian National Police (Polri). Amran explained that the aid sent includes large supplies of rice and cooking oil for Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. “These are our brothers in West Sumatra, North Sumatra, Aceh, who have suffered from flooding. The government will send aid,” said the figure who also serves as the Head of the National Food Agency (Bapanas) during a press conference at the Ministry of Agriculture's headquarters in Jakarta on Friday (28/11/2025). Data from Bapanas shows that the allocation for Aceh includes 10,613,640 kilograms of rice and 2,122,728 liters of cooking ...