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        "id": 1726940,
        "msgid": "poultry-farmers-reject-foreign-investors-entering-the-egg-industry-heres-why-1778244795",
        "date": "2026-05-08 18:55:00",
        "title": "Poultry Farmers Reject Foreign Investors Entering the Egg Industry, Here's Why",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Agriculture",
        "summary": "Indonesian small-scale poultry farmers are opposing the entry of foreign investors into the national egg industry, citing concerns over market data transparency and the potential exacerbation of price pressures on local producers. They demand open access to production data, including GPS-tracked distribution of day-old chicks (DOC), to better understand market conditions and prevent overpopulation that drives down egg prices. While supportive of modernisation, farmers insist that cultivation rights must prioritise food sovereignty and protect independent smallholders from foreign dominance.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Small-scale poultry farmers are\nhighlighting issues with production data and the entry of large\ninvestors into the national livestock industry. They assess that this\nsituation could worsen business disparities amid ongoing pressure from\nfalling egg prices at the farmer level.<\/p>\n<p>Chair of the Berkah Telur Blitar Cooperative, Yesi Yuni Astuti,\nstated that the main problem in the poultry industry is not just prices,\nbut also the openness of data on population and the distribution of\nday-old chicks (DOC). Therefore, the government needs to open up\nproduction data transparently so that business actors can know the real\nmarket conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe request open data on GPS and DOC distribution. Why? Because this\nis a deeply rooted problem,\u201d Yesi said at the AGRIMAT forum at NICE PIK\n2 on Friday (8\/5\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Handling falling prices would differ if the cause is truly due to\nexcess chicken population. However, as long as production data is not\nopen, farmers struggle to read market conditions.<\/p>\n<p>This situation is seen as confusing for small-scale farmers. Because\nif national production already meets domestic needs, then adding new\ncapacity is feared to worsen price pressures at the small farmer\nlevel.<\/p>\n<p>Open data would allow all industry players to understand the actual\nmarket conditions. Thus, business decisions and government policies can\nbe more measured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf everyone says we are now overpopulated, then no one would say we\nadd egg stock. None. Now it\u2019s become ridiculous,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, she has heard about foreign investors investing in the egg\nsector. Small-scale farmers do not reject modernisation in the livestock\nsector. However, they reject the dominance of foreign investors, which\nis seen as able to narrow the space for independent farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers only want cultivation rights to remain biased towards small\ncommunities as part of national food sovereignty. According to her, the\nexistence of small-scale farmers must be maintained amid increasingly\nlarge industrial changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not reject modernisation, no. But we reject foreign investors\nentering the livestock world. And also return cultivation rights to the\npeople\u2019s food,\u201d Yesi stated.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/poultry-farmers-reject-foreign-investors-entering-the-egg-industry-heres-why-1778244795",
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