Kemenkop UKM Explores Livestock Governance Cooperation With Australia, Realizes Food Security

Deputy for Entrepreneurship of the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs Siti Azizah (left) together with representatives of a livestock company from Australia, Austrex. (Photo: Doc. Kemenkop UKM)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs (Kemenkop UKM) is exploring partnership opportunities and cooperation with the Australian livestock company, Austrex, to develop the governance of the livestock business sector in Indonesia.

Deputy for Entrepreneurship of the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs Siti Azizah hopes that the creation of strong cooperation and partnership with Austrex can bring major changes to the governance of livestock/industrials in Indonesia.

Moreover, he continued, in developing the entrepreneurial potential and sustainability of the industry.

Moreover, it has a 50-year track record in the global market and is now one of the largest living livestock export companies in the world operating in various countries, including Russia, China, the United States, Uruguay, Turkey, and New Zealand.

Siti Azizah sees the opportunity to adopt the livestock industry business model carried out by Austrex in Indonesia while emphasizing that the livestock sector plays a major role in the realization of the global food security program and especially in Indonesia.

"Although the challenges in Indonesia and Australia are different, we hope to have experience and learn from Austrex's good practice in managing livestock businesses to be developed in Indonesia," said Siti Azizah in her official statement, Wednesday, June 26.

To develop the livestock sector in Indonesia, said Siti, local breeders in various parts of Indonesia need to be encouraged to join the cooperative.

"By operating, there are very many small breeders in Indonesia, it can be easier to get access to affordable marketing, training and financing. One of them is financing from LPDB," he said.

Siti Azizah hopes that the synergy and cooperation with Austrex can be carried out in the future. Thus, the target of building food security and increasing the national entrepreneurship ratio can be achieved.

"On this occasion, we would like to invite Austrex to collaborate in optimizing the Kemenkop UKM program in Indonesia. This collaboration is expected to increase the capacity and competitiveness of the Indonesian livestock sector," he concluded.