Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government is strengthening the\ncattle farming industry ecosystem with a new concept that utilises\ntransmigration land managed communally through community corporations,\nthereby attracting investment whilst delivering economic benefits.<\/p>\n
The plan emerged from a meeting between Deputy Minister of Investment\nand Downstreaming\/Deputy Head of the Investment Coordinating Board\n(BKPM) Todotua Pasaribu, Transmigration Minister Iftitah Sulaiman,\nDirector General of Livestock and Animal Health at the Ministry of\nAgriculture Agung Suganda, and Director of PT Asiabeef Biofarma\nIndonesia James Jerry Huang at the BKPM office in Jakarta on Friday.<\/p>\n
Transmigration Minister Iftitah explained that the new concept arose\nfrom difficulties in securing land for the cattle farming industry. His\nministry proposed utilising 3.1 million hectares of transmigration land\nunder Land Management Rights (HPL), as well as 525,995 hectares of\ntransmigration land currently under development, for use by\ninvestors.<\/p>\n
Under the system, existing transmigration land would be managed\ncommunally through community corporations to enable business cooperation\narrangements (KSU), benefiting both communities and investors.<\/p>\n
He explained that the concept is novel because transmigrants were\npreviously given two hectares of land to manage, whereas now they are\nonly provided with a house and yard. \u201cWe are converting these community\ncorporation assets into equity in the form of shares distributed to the\ncommunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
To follow up on this initiative, Director General of Livestock and\nAnimal Health Agung Suganda said his office would detail the concept\nnext week and launch a pilot project in East Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara\n(NTT) to build a cattle farming ecosystem on transmigration land.<\/p>\n
According to him, 10,000 hectares of transmigration HPL land could\nsupport 5,000 productive breeding cows, including a processing ecosystem\nthrough to downstream activities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a pilot project that we hope to realise this year, and Asia\nBeef together with the Indonesia-Brazil Cattle Consortium are ready to\nfacilitate and support it in terms of funding, technology, and building\nthe ecosystem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Investment and Downstreaming Todotua\nsaid the new concept could reduce Indonesia\u2019s dependence on processed\ncattle products, namely milk and meat. Furthermore, it supports\nindustrial downstreaming whilst helping to ensure the success of the\nFree Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ultimate goal of all this is for us to be self-reliant in\nmeeting our meat and dairy needs. In line with the President\u2019s wishes\nand directives on how, with a population that has now reached 300\nmillion, we can suppress imports as much as possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/government-to-transform-transmigration-land-into-communal-cattle-farming-investment-hub-1771241993", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }