Jakarta, Jan. 27 -- Agriculture Deputy Minister Sudaryono emphasized the need for state-run logistics company Bulog to focus on purchasing rice produced by domestic farmers to meet the food self-sufficiency goal set for 2027 by President Prabowo Subianto.

In his office's statement cited here on Monday, Sudaryono underlined that the government had set a target for Bulog to acquire around three million tons of locally produced rice at the government's purchasing price of Rp6,500 per kilogram.

The deputy minister remarked that the government had allocated a budget to drive the realization of the target while boosting the welfare of Indonesian rice farmers.

In view of this, Sudaryono emphasized the importance of ensuring effective absorpti...