Jakarta, Aug. 13 -- Coordinating Minister for Food, Zulkifli Hasan, has urged state-run logistics company Bulog to accelerate the distribution of food supply and price stabilization (SPHP) rice through market operations.

During a coordination meeting on rice management here on Wednesday, he underscored that markets are the most suitable locations for distributing SPHP rice.

"If possible, it (rice distribution) should reach 10 thousand (tons) per day so that we can reach 300 thousand in a month," he said.

Currently, the rate of distribution is just 2,500 tons per day. The government has decided to distribute 1.3 million tons of rice under the SPHP program in stages.

The minister said he is optimistic that the distribution of SPHP rice ...