Jakarta, March 21, 2025 – PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) is fully committed to support the government’s priority program and the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) in achieving food self-sufficiency. One of the concrete efforts undertaken by Pupuk Indonesia to support this program is through the mega project of developing the Pupuk Industrial Zone in Fakfak, West Papua.

"Pupuk Indonesia will invest IDR 116 trillion to expand its production capacity. A portion of this investment will be allocated to opening a new fertilizer industrial zone, which is our mega project in Fakfak, West Papua. God willing, this will increase our production capacity," said Pupuk Indonesia President Director, Rahmad Pribadi, in Jakarta on Thursday (March 20, 2025).

Rahmad stated that increasing production capacity is a crucial step in ensuring the availability of fertilizers, which are essential for achieving food self-sufficiency. He emphasized that a country's ability to achieve food self-sufficiency is closely linked to the state of its fertilizer industry. Indonesia, he said, is a prime example of a nation that once achieved food self-sufficiency by focusing on fertilizer industry development.

Rahmad explained that Indonesia first achieved rice self-sufficiency in 1984. This achievement, he said, was inseparable from the development of the fertilizer industry, which began in 1959 with the establishment of PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang (Pusri) and continued with the construction of PT Pabrik Iskandar Muda (PIM) in Aceh in 1982.

"In 1984, Indonesia reached rice self-sufficiency, which was initiated by the development of the fertilizer industry starting in 1959 at Pusri," Rahmad said.

"Since 1982, no new industrial zones have been developed. Meanwhile, by 2045, Indonesia’s population is projected to grow to 324 million people, meaning the national rice demand will reach 37 million tons, an increase of 6 million tons," he added.

Rahmad stressed that fertilizer plays a critical role in increasing agricultural productivity. Fertilizers contribute approximately 62% to agricultural productivity, making food self-sufficiency difficult to achieve without an adequate supply of fertilizers.

"It is extremely significant. That’s why one of the key factors in improving agricultural productivity is ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilizers," said Rahmad.

In addition to ensuring production capacity, Rahmad stated that Pupuk Indonesia also supports food self-sufficiency by guaranteeing fertilizer affordability for farmers. One of the measures taken to achieve this is ensuring a reliable and transparent distribution system for subsidized fertilizers.

To support this, Pupuk Indonesia has implemented digitalization of kiosks through i-Pubers, which facilitates fertilizer redemption using ID cards and allows for real-time monitoring via a command center to ensure precise distribution.

"We have implemented digitalization across more than 27,000 kiosks. With this system, we can track every granule of fertilizer loaded onto ships. We can see the data, visualize the cargo, track ship movements via GPS, monitor warehouse storage with CCTV, and follow deliveries by GPS-equipped trucks all the way to the kiosks," he concluded.