Reducing meat imports, Indonesia develops cattle in three regions

Published 2024년 3월 1일

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Indonesia's Vice President, KH Ma'ruf Amin, has highlighted the country's potential to decrease beef imports by developing cattle farming in regions such as Sulawesi, Kalimantan and East Nusa Tenggara. The National Food Agency has set a target for beef import volume at 145,250.60 tons by 2024. Additionally, the Ministry of Agriculture is working on a Belgian Blue cattle breeding project to aid in achieving meat self-sufficiency. The government's goal is to be self-sufficient in beef production by 2026 by increasing the cattle population.

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WELLINGTON -- Vice President (Wapres) KH Ma'ruf Amin said that Indonesia has the opportunity to reduce beef imports through the development of cattle farming in Sulawesi, Kalimantan and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). "We have quite large areas in Sulawesi, Kalimantan, NTT. There are vast grasslands, I think we (can) be self-sufficient," said Vice President Ma'ruf in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday (29/2 /2024). He said that the relevant authorities in Indonesia had started a planning process for developing cattle livestock in Kalimantan, Sulawesi and NTT which was expected to reduce beef imports. The National Food Agency (Bapanas) has decided that the import volume of beef (beef) for 2024 will be 145,250.60 tons based on the results of a recalculation of the volume of beef imports for regular consumption. Ma'ruf said that the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) is also developing a blue cattle breeding project from Belgium to support meat self-sufficiency. ...

Source: Republika