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        "id": 1803079,
        "msgid": "deputy-minister-free-nutritious-meals-programme-a-golden-opportunity-to-boost-milk-consumption-1781452308",
        "date": "2026-06-14 21:58:01",
        "title": "Deputy Minister: Free Nutritious Meals Programme a Golden Opportunity to Boost Milk Consumption",
        "author": "Ahmad Fikri Noor",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Agriculture",
        "summary": "Deputy Coordinating Minister for Food Hanif Faisol Nurofiq has urged that the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme be used to mandate milk provision, aiming to lift Indonesia's low per capita consumption of roughly one tablespoon per day. He highlighted the strategic role of milk in improving child nutrition and building human capital for the Indonesia Emas 2045 vision. The government is also developing a national milk independence roadmap to strengthen domestic production from upstream to downstream.",
        "content": "<p>Deputy Coordinating Minister for Food Hanif Faisol Nurofiq stated\nthat the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme is a strategic platform\nto increase milk consumption while strengthening the quality of the\nnation\u2019s generation towards Indonesia Emas 2045. Speaking at the 2026\nNusantara Milk Day commemoration in Jakarta on Sunday, Hanif said the\nMBG programme has an important role in building a stronger milk\nconsumption culture in society. \u201cThis is precisely where we want to\nstrongly entrust our colleagues at MBG that this opportunity is a golden\nopportunity. With this MBG programme, milk should at least be mandated\nto be present. Ideally every day, not just twice a week,\u201d Hanif said.\nAccording to him, the programme is a golden opportunity to increase milk\nintake for Indonesian children to support better, sustainable\nnutritional fulfilment. He hopes milk can become an important part of\nthe MBG programme\u2019s implementation so that the benefits of nutritional\nfulfilment can be felt more widely by the younger generation. Hanif\nrevealed that milk consumption among Indonesians is currently still\nrelatively low, at around 16.2 to 16.8 litres per capita per year\nnationally. \u201cBecause our daily average is only one tablespoon per day.\nSo, one person in one day, we can only consume one tablespoon of milk.\nHow can that affect us if we do not continue to increase it,\u201d he said.\nThis figure indicates that there is still a large opportunity to\nincrease milk consumption as part of efforts to strengthen the quality\nof Indonesia\u2019s human resources in the future. He emphasised that milk\ncontains important nutrients such as protein, calcium, potassium,\nvitamin A, vitamin B12, and vitamin D that the body needs. These\nnutrients are considered to play an important role in supporting bone\nhealth, strengthening muscles, and helping optimal and sustainable brain\ndevelopment in the younger generation. Hanif stressed that strengthening\nmilk consumption must become a collective movement because the quality\nof the productive generation will greatly determine the success of\nnational development in the future. According to him, increasing milk\nconsumption cannot be done alone, thus requiring support from the\ngovernment, businesses, academics, media, and the community through\ncontinuous collaboration. Besides encouraging consumption, the\ngovernment is also working to strengthen the national dairy ecosystem\nthrough the preparation of a milk independence roadmap covering upstream\nto downstream sector development. This step is expected to strengthen\ndomestic production while increasing the added value of the national\ndairy sector to support sustainable food security. \u201cIn ASEAN alone, we\nare ranked sixth or seventh. Still below Vietnam, still below Singapore,\nstill below Malaysia. So the most important thing is to continue\nsocialisation so that significant interest grows, build a good climate,\nand complete the roadmap,\u201d he explained. Hanif assessed that downstream\nprocessing, industry integration, and strengthening investment are\nimportant factors in accelerating the growth of a more resilient and\ncompetitive national dairy sector. \u201cDownstream processing and\nintegration are very important. Everything must be done through mutual\ncooperation, we cannot do it alone,\u201d Hanif added. He is optimistic that\nstrengthening milk consumption through the MBG programme and\naccelerating national milk independence will produce a healthy\ngeneration towards Indonesia Emas 2045.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/deputy-minister-free-nutritious-meals-programme-a-golden-opportunity-to-boost-milk-consumption-1781452308",
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