Papua food price stabilization

Indonesia is approaching the final stretch of its 2026 rice stabilization program, with 1,700 tonnes of SPHP rice already distributed in Mimika, equivalent to 68 percent of the 2,400-tonne annual …

In the mountainous heart of eastern Indonesia, Bank Indonesia inflation control in Papua Pegunungan (Highland Papua) is taking shape through a combination of monetary support, food supply measures and closer …

Rice supply is often more than an economic statistic in Papua. It is closely tied to household welfare, transport networks, market prices and the government’s ability to reach communities spread …

Most farmers in Merauke are already contemplating their next step by the time the harvest concludes. Not planting, not yet. Selling. That part has never been entirely predictable. Prices can …

In parts of Papua, getting food is not always about what is available. It is often about how far it has to travel. That is why the plan by Badan …

In many parts of Papua, food does not simply arrive. It travels. Rice, the staple for most Indonesians, often comes from ships or planes, crossing long distances before reaching local …

If you stand long enough in the cooking oil aisle at Hypermart Jayapura, you begin to notice how people shop differently in the weeks before Eid. They do not move …

In the early morning at a logistics warehouse in Jayapura, stacks of rice bags were ready to start a long trip across the easternmost part of Indonesia. Trucks waited in …

The Papua government starts a program to make food more affordable so that prices stay stable before Eid al-Fitr. On the morning of March 11, 2026, in Jayapura Regency, people …

As the holiday season approached in late December 2025, residents across Papua began to feel pressure in their daily lives long before the carols had started and the streets were …