Indonesia: Ministry of Agriculture says that availability of purebred chickens is sufficient

Source: Kompas.com | Editor: Barratut Taqiyyah Rafie BRACED CHICKEN AVAILABILITY - The availability of purebred chickens in the country is safe and very sufficient. This was disclosed by the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) through the Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health. Launching the Infopublik.id page, Director General of Livestock and Animal Health of the Ministry of Agriculture Nasrullah said, based on June 2023 prognosis calculations for purebred chicken meat production by the end of December is estimated to reach 3,730,640 tons. On the other hand, the total domestic demand is 3,505,998 tons. So that there is a potential surplus of 375,131 tons or around 10.70% of the total national production potential. "The surplus must of course be absorbed properly, one of which is through exports to other countries, with the aim of maintaining the stability of the national poultry supply-demand and obtaining foreign exchange for the country," said Nasrullah. Therefore, ...