Perumda Dharma Jaya Prepares Food Independence Strategy

JAKARTA - In the midst of Jakarta's ambition to transform into a global city, the issue of food security, especially the fulfillment of animal protein, is a crucial pillar that continues to be boosted by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

Through Perumda Dharma Jaya, various strategic steps ranging from a cheap food program to the development of an integrated farming area (integrated farming) are being prepared to maintain price stability and reduce stunting in the capital.

The President Director of Perumda Dharma Jaya, Raditya Endra Budiman, revealed that as one of the food BUMD, his party holds the main mandate to ensure the availability of affordable animal protein for the community. To ensure affordability of access, Perumda Dharma Jaya not only relies on a stationary subsidy scheme, but is actively picking up balls to residents through a mobile market operation program called "Jawara".

"Every day there are six villages that we visit using a fleet of cars. We coordinate the schedule with the village several days before the implementation of the cheap bazaar, so that the information is well conveyed to the public," said Raditya.

In addition, for the general public who are not included in the list of recipients of the Cheap Food Card, Dharma Jaya also provides an option for economical meat packaging for Rp. 20,000 which can be purchased through various online shopping platforms.

This ready-to-cook portion product is expected to help meet the daily nutritional needs of households without burdening the residents' wallets. One of the biggest challenges Jakarta is currently facing is the dependence on live beef supplies, which are still dominated by imports from Australia.

The weakening of the rupiah exchange rate against the US dollar and global economic turmoil are real threats that could push up domestic meat prices.

Responding to this challenge, Raditya revealed a big plan to use 20 hectares of land in Ciangir, Tangerang, to be built into an integrated farming area.

"Our plan in Ciangir is to build an integrated livestock ecosystem, starting from a fattening facility with a capacity of 5,000 live cows, a feed plant, a Wastewater Treatment Plant (IPAL), to slaughterhouses and cold storage," he explained.

Not only in Ciangir, Dharma Jaya also optimizes other land in the Serang area to become a center for training local farmers.

This strategy is taken to overcome the fundamental weakness of local cattle, which have been losing competitiveness due to the standardization of feed and treatment at the traditional farmer level.