The price of rice began to decline, Minister of Agriculture Amran Sidak Panorama Pasar Bengkulu

Jakarta – Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman conducted a sudden inspection (inspection) to the Panorama Market in Bengkulu City to review the implementation of the offer and food price Rice Market Operation (SPHP) on Wednesday (17/9). This sudden inspection was performed amid the trend of rice prices that began to fall in different regions due to the incessant market operations. Amran explained that the government prepared 1.3 million tonnes of SPHP Rice until December 2025 as a direct instruction from the president to maintain price stability while ensuring the availability of rice in the community. “Alhamdulillah, we see that the public interest in buying SPHP is quite good. We have a lot of stock and most importantly, to this moment Indonesia is not imported by rice. This is our farmers’ achievements, national achievements,” he said in a written statement Wednesday (9/17/2025). Browse to continue with the content it has added, market operations will certainly go largely, while the government continues to expand, strengthen and transform agriculture to modernization. “We continue with the massive market operations. God wants, this year Indonesia is almost certainly self -sufficiency without imports,” he continued. Furthermore, Amran appreciated the synergy of local governments and bullog which contributed to overseeing the market operations in different regions. “This market operation is the order of the president until December. We have a lot of stock, and we are pleased to see that the public buys cheap rice provided by the government,” he added. Meanwhile, a number of traders in the Panorama market have claimed that residents have great demand. “It sells well, a day can be 50 packs,” a trader explained. Other traders also said that rice sales rose on weekends because the price was cheaper. “There are more Saturdays. Many people buy because the price is cheaper,” he said. For information based on Bulog data, the realization of SPHPP rice distribution reached 367.3 thousand tons or 24.49 percent of the annual target of 1.5 million tonnes from September 15. Sales by the Red and White Village/Village Cooperative also increased, from 498 tonnes in early September to 705 tonnes, and it is alleged that the distribution of SPHP food has succeeded in reducing inflation rates from 214 districts/cities to 100 districts/cities. With a plethora of stock, prices are being controlled, and the distribution in an intense distribution is the government optimistic that the SPHP market industry will lower the price of rice until it stabilizes by the end of the year. (Ega/Ega)