Food Aid Reaches 35 Million Families by 2025 Food intervention focuses on maintaining price stability and the purchasing power of the people. Rep: Frederikus Dominggus Bata/ Red: Gita Amanda

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The National Food Agency (Bapanas) reached more than 35 million beneficiary families (KPM) through a food assistance program extending until 2025. This food assistance program is part of the government's economic stimulus to maintain the purchasing power of the public and support household consumption. Bapanas has tasked Perum Bulog to distribute food assistance in the form of rice and cooking oil in two phases of the quarterly economic stimulus. This program is aimed at ensuring continued access to staple foods, especially for low-income groups. Head of the National Food Agency Andi Amran Sulaiman emphasized that food stability is a key prerequisite for maintaining national economic resilience and the purchasing power of the public. "Remember, if food is an issue, the country is in trouble. As per the President's instructions, we stabilize prices. We maintain food prices until Ramadan is over. Our focus now is to ensure price stabilization so that the ...