RI ranks low in milk consumption

RI ranks low in milk consumption

JAKARTA: Indonesia ranks among the lowest Southeast Asian
member states in terms of milk consumption, and has raised
concerns about malnutrition among children in the world's fourth
most populous country.

A recent Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report said
milk consumption in Indonesia was at 5.5 kg/capita, below the FAO
standard of 6.4 kg/capita.

"The data means each Indonesian drinks a drop of milk every
day," the chairman of the Cattle and Buffalo Club of state-owned
Padjajaran University, Roby Agustian, said on Sunday at a
campaign to promote milk.

In Europe and the United States, each person consumes a glass
of milk daily.

According to United Nations Children's Fund data
in 1999, an abnormal baby is born in Indonesia every 40 seconds
and a mother dies after delivery every 20 minutes. -- Antara