PTPN And Career Will Build 13 Pakan Factorys, Budget Sources From Danantara

JAKARTA - The government will build feed factories to the production of young chickens to increase domestic supply. In the first phase, 13 factories will be built in a number of areas.

PTPN III (Holding) and PT Berdikari have also been appointed to build the first phase of the factory. The factory development budget has been set at IDR 20 trillion sourced from Danantara.

Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman said this government project would not make independent and small farmers die. This is because the factory that was built was actually to meet the needs of feed, medicines and vaccines, to the development of day old story (DOC) or chicken.

Amran also emphasized that the project undertaken by the government aims to help farmers and stabilize the price of domestic chicken meat and eggs.

"Our development of chickens is a factory and even the preparation of DOCs to serve small petanakan-petakan, so that the government's goal is not to have trouble finding a DOC and get a good price of clothing, that's our goal," he said at the DPR Building, Jakarta, Monday, November 24.

In a working meeting with Commission IV of the DPR, Amran revealed about DOC which was deliberately increased by entrepreneurs. According to him, this condition makes it difficult for small breeders or independent.

"Yesterday when demand was high, the DOC was increased by 30 percent. So we immediately called Charoen Pokphand (to ask for a price) to go down. Thank God it fell (d DOC price)," he said.

Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sudaryono explained that the Rp20 trillion budget from Danantara used to build factories is a form of investment.

Furthermore, Sudaryono said, the sources that will be used by Danantara can be from various kinds, from Himbara to the APBN in Danantara.

"What is clear is that this is an accountability. So the mechanism is to invest. Because by investing, it is more accountable," said Sudaryono.

For your information, the first phase of the construction of feed factories is carried out in 13 regions. Among them are Aceh; Riau; South Sumatra; Lampung; West Kalimantan; Central Kalimantan; East Kalimantan; Gorontalo; South Sulawesi; NTB; NTT; South Papua and East Java.