TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The Director General of Husbandry at the Agriculture Department, Tjeppy Daradjatun, is targeting self-sufficiency in beef by 2010.<\/p>\n
We actually have the potential,\u201d he said last week.<\/p>\n
In order to reach this target, the government will bring in productive female cow from abroad.<\/p>\n
\u201cAustralian cows have climatic and territorial similarities with those of Indonesia,\u201d said Tjeppy.<\/p>\n
The implementation is that productive female cows as acceptors will be increased in number.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not a question of slaughtering productive cows,\u201d said Tjeppy.<\/p>\n
Currently, many cow breeders sent their productive female cows to be slaughtered for economic reasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cThus, an assortment is necessary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
For breeder who have productive female cows and intend to sell them, the cows will be purchased by the government.<\/p>\n
Then, the cows will be sold back to other breeders on condition that they are not sent to be slaughtered.<\/p>\n
As regards the area for female cow breeding, this will probably be in Eastern Indonesian as it is near Australia.<\/p>\n
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