[1] These governmental functions were previously scattered across various ministries before being streamlined into the agency.

[3] The types of food that fall under the agency's jurisdiction include rice, corn, soybeans, sugar for consumption, onion, poultry eggs, ruminant meat, poultry meat, and chili.

[4] In 1999, the Agency for Food Security Affairs (BUKP) was established through Presidential Decree Number 136 of 1999 with its tasks including developing food security policies based on the directives of the Minister of Agriculture.

By the following year, the BUKP was merged with the Secretariat for Control (Setdal) to form the Food Security and Resilience Agency (BBKP) through Presidential Decree Number 177 of 2000.

[5] On July 29, 2021, President Joko Widodo officially established the National Food Agency through Presidential Regulation Number 66 of 2021, assuming the responsibilities and functions of the BPK and tasked with executing government duties in the food sector.