Minister of Agriculture reports efforts to fulfill milk needs through imports in Indonesia

Published 2024년 11월 1일

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Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman met with President Prabowo Subianto to discuss plans to import dairy cattle from Vietnam by 2025 to meet Indonesia's national milk needs. Vietnamese investors, especially the TH Group, are interested in setting up large-scale dairy farms in Central Sulawesi, South Kalimantan, and South Sulawesi. This initiative is part of Indonesia's strategy to achieve self-sufficiency in meat and milk and supports the free nutritious meal program. The investment, involving about 250,000 cows, follows a memorandum of understanding signed in May and aims to boost milk availability in the country.

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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman met President Prabowo Subianto's summons at the Presidential Complex in Jakarta on Thursday (10/31/2024) evening WIB. In the meeting, the Minister of Agriculture reported on efforts to meet national milk needs through the ease of importing dairy cattle planned by investment companies from Vietnam in 2025, The Minister of Agriculture explained that Vietnamese investors are interested in building large-scale dairy farms in Indonesia. "We continue to strive to simplify the process so that they are interested in investing in Indonesia," said Amran in an official statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Friday (11/1/2024). The import of cattle, he continued, is part of the government's efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in meat and milk through the procurement of breeding cattle from abroad. This plan also offers opportunities for local and international entrepreneurs to contribute to the free ...

Source: Republika