Indonesia: Baznas targets Qurbani collection to reach IDR 13 trillion in 2023

Published 2023년 6월 19일

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The National Zakat Agency (Baznas) in Indonesia is aiming to raise IDR 13 trillion from Qurbani collections this year, a 30% increase from the previous year's total of IDR 10.5 trillion. The collected Qurbani animals are then managed and distributed as living animals and processed products. Baznas particularly focuses on distributing processed meat products to disadvantaged, remote, and outlying areas to address nutritional needs and prevent stunting. In 2022, Indonesia had a Qurbani economic potential of IDR 31.6 trillion, and Baznas is working towards establishing a sustainable Qurbani economic ecosystem to combat poverty through its Livestock Center program, which aims to empower breeders to become alms beneficiaries and contribute to the supply of Qurbani livestock.

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Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Zakat Agency (Baznas) targets the collection from Qurbani, or animal sacrifice, across Indonesia this year to reach a total value of IDR 13 trillion (US$ 866.8 million), a 30-percent increase from last year's figure collected . The agency's Head for Collection, Rizaludin Kurniawan, stated in Jakarta, Monday, that the agency managed to collect Qurbani animals of sheep or goats, with a total value of IDR 10.5 trillion (US$700 million) in 2022 and will continue to increase the figure . "The figure (Rp 10.5 trillion) is equivalent to 3.5 million heads of goat. This year, we expect the figure to be increased by 30 percent, or reach Rp 13 trillion nationwide," he noted. Kurniawan stated that the Qurbani animals collected by Baznas are managed and distributed in the form of living animals as well as processed products. As for processed meat products, the agency distributes them to disadvantaged, frontier, and outermost (3T) regions as an effort ...

Source: Antaranews