Bulog President Director Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani said coordination with BRIN has been carried out as part of efforts to safeguard government rice reserves managed by the company.
“We have already coordinated with the Head of BRIN. BRIN will support us in future rice maintenance using new technology,” Rizal said during a press conference on Bulog’s 2025 Key Achievements and 2026 Strategic Steps in Jakarta on Friday.
Although he has yet to disclose details of the technology to be used, Rizal stressed that the cooperation is intended to protect the quality of government rice reserves, which currently stand at 3.25 million tons. The stock consists of rice carried over from 2025 to 2026.
The Bulog-BRIN collaboration introduces innovative rice maintenance technology developed domestically, designed to enhance stock durability without relying on foreign technology within the national food logistics system.
The technology is claimed to help keep rice healthier and maintain stable quality over the long term.
“There is no need to use foreign technology. Indonesian technology is already advanced. Thankfully, the Head of BRIN informed us yesterday that there is new technology to keep rice healthier, stronger, and more durable,” Rizal said.
He added that Bulog will follow up on the cooperation through further technical discussions to ensure the technology can be effectively implemented across all state-owned rice storage facilities.
“We will follow this up and discuss it further with the Head of BRIN so it can be applied at Bulog,” he said.
Rizal also reaffirmed Bulog’s commitment to maintaining rice quality from Sabang to Merauke through a consistent, layered monitoring system.
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Currently, Bulog applies a tiered maintenance approach involving daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and semiannual inspections.
Any indication of quality deterioration or pest disturbance, he said, is immediately addressed through accelerated measures such as controlled fumigation to prevent the problem from spreading to other stock.
“So that indications of disease or pest infestation do not spread to other rice stocks,” Rizal said.
These maintenance efforts have become a strategic priority for Bulog to ensure rice remains healthy, resilient, and durable throughout storage and distribution across Indonesia.
“Bulog always strives to the maximum extent to maintain the quality of each rice product,” Rizal said.
Previously, findings of pest-infested rice in Bulog warehouses drew attention from the House of Representatives’ Commission IV.
Commission IV Chair Siti Hediati Soeharto, also known as Titiek Soeharto, revealed that imported rice had been found infested with pests at a Bulog warehouse during a working visit to Yogyakarta.
“During the last recess, on our previous working visit, I led a team to Yogyakarta and inspected a Bulog warehouse. There, we found a large amount of leftover imported rice in the Bulog warehouse that was already heavily infested with pests,” Titiek said during a working meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
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