Jakarta, March 25, 2025 – PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero) is ready to support the management of confiscated land managed by the Attorney General's Office (AGO) of the Republic of Indonesia in order to support the national food self-sufficiency program. One of them will utilize the confiscated land as a rice farming area. The Attorney General's Office through the Deputy Attorney General for Intelligence (JAM INTEL) together with the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Pupuk Indonesia, and Perum BULOG signed a strategic Cooperation Agreement (PKS) at the Attorney General's Office Main Building, Jakarta, Tuesday (3/25/2025).

The Deputy Attorney General for Intelligence (JAM Intel) of the Attorney General's Office, Reda Manthovani said that this strategic cooperation is an implementation of the Government's priority program as stated in Asta Cita, where one of the points is to encourage national independence through food self-sufficiency.

"We must support, because this is a noble ideal of the President so that we can achieve food self-sufficiency. One of the government policies that supports this is the cessation of rice imports starting in 2025 and the target of absorbing 70 percent of the total 3 million tons of grain set by the National Food Agency," said Reda Manthovani.

In an effort to support the achievement of this target, he added, the AGO initiated the Independent Food Prosecutor program to support food self-sufficiency by utilizing assets of land seized by the state from corruption crimes and other crimes. This cooperation focuses on the utilization of land seized by the state which is currently managed by the AGO.

There is also a pilot project in this cooperation, namely optimizing assets from the corruption case (tipikor) of PT Asabri (Persero) in the name of Benny Tjokrosaputro which is located in Bekasi Regency. There are 414 plots of land with a total area of ​​3,300,524 square meters or more than 330 hectares. The land will be used for rice cultivation to meet national rice needs.

"It is possible that in the future we will utilize assets spread throughout Indonesia, and come from state confiscated goods. The land will be planted with rice to meet national rice needs," he said.

On the same occasion, the President Director of Pupuk Indonesia, Rahmad Pribadi expressed his appreciation for the program initiated by the Attorney General's Office. He calculated that if in Bekasi there are more than 330 hectares of land, and at least each hectare produces 5 tons of rice, then each harvest can produce 1,650 tons in one season.

"We welcome this program, especially since our focus is on the on-farm. Starting from the planting process, providing fertilizers and pesticides. The results are purchased by Bulog. We are ready to fully support and are committed to actively participating in supporting the Government to achieve national food security," said Rahmad.

This cooperation is also supported by those who will coordinate the provision of agricultural cultivation facilities and infrastructure needed in land utilization. Meanwhile, Perum Bulog acts as an agricultural offtaker, namely purchasing the harvest results of land utilization.

In addition, he added, this synergy is also established in order to develop the competence of Human Resources (HR) in the field of food self-sufficiency through extension activities, seminars, and discussion groups. The targets of this program are farmer groups (poktan), community groups, and other parties that support national food self-sufficiency.

In this agreement, each party has the following roles:

• Attorney General's Office: Coordinating the provision of planting land.

• Ministry of Agriculture: Coordinating the provision of seeds, agricultural infrastructure, and coaching of farmer groups.

• PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero): Coordinating the provision of fertilizers.

• Perum BULOG: Coordinating the purchase of harvested crops.

In addition, this cooperation includes the exchange of data and information for early detection of potential legal problems, as well as socialization activities, human resource (HR) development, and various other technical matters that support the smooth running of the program.

This agreement will last for a period of three years. It is expected to be able to provide optimal contribution to national food self-sufficiency, the target of which is accelerated by the Government in 2027.