Jakarta, May 5 -- Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Eddy Soeparno, has praised the government over national rice stocks reaching 3.5 million tons as of May 4, 2025, the highest level in 57 years, without imports.

According to Soeparno, the increase in rice reserves is proof of President Prabowo Subianto's seriousness regarding realizing national food sovereignty.

"President Prabowo's commitment has been immediately proven with quick wins from the Coordinating Ministry for Food, with the highest rice stock, which increased by 1.8 million tons in four months to reach 3.5 million tons," he said in a statement issued here on Monday.

The achievement will support the national rice production for the 2025 harvest per...