First project: Partnership with Perum BULOG

APPERTANI is a non-profit organization which has been approaching various parties for collaboration activities since August 2021. On 30 September 2021, the APPERTANI proposed a partnership offering letter to the Business Director of Perum BULOG about the Feasibility Study of Staple Food Management by BULOG (The Indonesia Logistics Bureau). This proposal has a positive response from BULOG and after negotiation between the APPERTANI and BULOG, finally, we concluded a partnership for the feasibility study on 1 November 2021. The partnership agreement was  signed by Prof. Dr. Irsal Las, Chairman of the APPERTANI, and Febby Novita, S.E., M.M., Business Director of Perum BULOG, which carry out for 3 months (1 November 2021 – 1 February 2022). This project subject is the study of nine strategic commodity food reserves quantum determination and its financial, with the purpose to:

  1. Review of existing policy for every nine strategic commodities, its challenges and opportunities for BULOG, after the establishment of Badan Pangan Nasional
  2. Calculate food reserves quantum which managed by BULOG through forming nine strategic commodity food balance for stabilizing price and supply and maintaining a buffer stock of food commodities which have characteristics that suitable with Government Food Supplies.
  3. Calculate budget needed for Government Food Supplies requirement and distribution program, both with captive market characteristic for food and nutrition vulnerability and supply availability and food price stabilization needs.
  4. Recommend food policies for each commodity for stabilizing price and supply, including stock release policy due to decline in the quality.