Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto encourages integrated corporations with the sheep farming cluster model so that they can rotate the people's economy more quickly, especially in rural areas. “First, sheep have a shorter cycle. The second is expected to be a substitute for beef and animal protein, and besides that it requires less working capital so that it can be managed by the people," said Coordinating Minister Airlangga during a series of working visits to Garut Regency, Thursday. In addition to meeting food needs as an alternative protein source for the community, the development of sheep and goat farms in Indonesia aims to stimulate the rural economy, smallholder livestock corporations, build culture-based livestock, and maintain resilience in worship. In relation to sheep and goats with the endurance of worship, one of which lies in the akikah tradition carried out by Muslims. The market share of the akikah industry itself is recorded at 909 thousand heads per year or reaches 14.28 percent of the potential of the akikah market in Indonesia. In addition, the slaughter of sacrificial animals on Eid al-Adha also contributed. In 2021, it is known that livestock consumption for sacrificial purposes will be recorded at 1.03 million heads, of which 72.73 percent are sheep and 27.2 percent are goats. On that occasion, in addition to reviewing the cluster model integrated livestock corporation scheme, Coordinating Minister for Airlangga also distributed a People's Business Credit for sheep cultivation worth Rp. 500 million symbolically from Bank BJB to one of the partner breeders of PT Agro Investama's sheep farming corporate program.
PT Agro Investama acts as an off taker in a cluster model integrated livestock corporation scheme (close loop system). Meanwhile, the Government acts as a facilitator to accelerate the duplication and multiplication of livestock corporate activities, namely access to superior seeds, broodstock insurance, supporting infrastructure for cages and abattoirs, and technical guidance. Meanwhile, the role of financial institutions is to carry out financial inclusion programs for farmers. Furthermore, the Indonesian Sheep Goat Breeders Association (HPDKI) plays a role in modeling the business ecosystem. The livestock corporation approach consists of a market that provides price incentives for aquaculture farmers, increasing business scale and livestock productivity, financial inclusion programs through adaptive KUR for the livestock production sector at the cultivation level, an integrated livestock business system from upstream to downstream, as well as the sustainability of livestock business at every level. value chain process. The development of the sheep farming corporation itself has been started since 2018. The total realization of bank financing disbursement that has been rolling through the financial inclusion program since 2018-2020 reached Rp19.33 billion with a total of 354 breeders consisting of KUR of Rp14.21 billion and the Community Development Partnership Program of Rp5, 12 billion with zero credit return risk. Currently, the livestock corporation area has spread across East Java amounting to Rp9.31 billion involving 202 breeders, West Java amounting to Rp9.625 billion from 147 breeders, and Central Java amounting to Rp400 million from 8 breeders. The program duplication was gradually carried out in six provinces, namely West Java, Lampung, Banten, Central Java, East Java, and North Sumatra.
Source: https://m.antaranews.com/berita/2835425/airlangga-push-korporasi-peternakan-untuk-gerak-ekonomi-desa
