Indonesia: Create Local centres of the Poultry cultivation

Thursday, January 15 2009 | 01:00 of WIB

Jakarta, Kompas - the restructuring Program of poultry livestock breeding in the sector 4 as the transfer follow-up of the budget of the vaccination better be aimed at constructive efforts centres and local poultry seedling cultivation of the poultry cultivation. That because of sector livestock breeding 4 were directly in contact with the local poultry. Chairman Himpunan of the Poultry Breeder of Lokal Indonesia (Himpuli) Ade M. Zulkarnain, on Wednesday (14/1) in Sukabumi, West Java, stressed that.

In the meantime, the government was reminded to carry out planning that was well thought out before carrying out this restructuring program. By adopting the pattern of modern livestock breeding appropriate good farming poultry (GFP), control efforts of the spread of the bird flu virus will more be easy. That will be different from the condition at this time where livestock breeding in the sector 4 were not maintained well, was left wandering so as biosecurity was difficult to be applied.

On the other hand, the pattern raised modern poultries in sector livestock breeding 4 were difficult to be done considering ownership of the different poultry in the number and the level of the interest of the community, as well as their raising capacity. By forming the group, efforts to build centres of the poultry cultivation with the modern system and point GFP could be achieved.

However, to bring about the hope the government must also give the support took the form of the development of the centre perbibitan the local poultry that his cost was expensive. ”Kami had the obstacle in the procurement of the seed and did not yet have the concrete step in the Department of Agriculture (Directorate Perbibitan) to bring about itu,” he said. The development of local centres of the poultry cultivation could push the growth of rural economics. The superiority of the local poultry cultivation including the price was stabler, the segment of the middle market above, because that the profit could also be bigger.

”Kami aimed at the local poultry contribution to the national poultry market reached 10 percent year 2010,” he said. Planning matang General Chairman Forum for the Community of Perunggasan Indonesia (FMPI) Don Utoyo said, the restructuring program could not be undertaken in a manner hurried, must have well thought out and clear planning. ”Mesti him all must be asked to speak. That controlled the chicken whereed are you, that must be mapped. The distribution of the chicken was not equitable all over Indonesia, every month not be the same, followed the strength pasar,” said Don Utoyo. Without having well thought out planning, the restructuring program of sector livestock breeding 4 will not go good.

The example of the country lain In the meantime, Indonesia must copy the success of the control of bird flu in several neighbouring countries that also were found by the case of the spread of this virus to the poultry and humankind. One of the countries that it was thought succeeded in controlling the deadly illness was Thailand. The researcher from Tropical Disease Diagnostic Center (TDDC) the Airlangga University, drh CA Nidom, when being contacted from Jakarta yesterday, stated, at this time Thailand succeeded in controlling the spreading of the bird flu virus so as no longer was found by the case of bird flu in several last months.

During the first time emerging the case of bird flu during 2003, the Thai Government took fast measures by destroying the poultry population in the country. The step was followed by the formation of the task force of the sector passage from the centre to the area. ”Jadi, there was one cross-department together commitment, the regional government, and masyarakat,” Nidom words. The body of Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Pemerintah Thailand also co-operated with Osaka University to hold the very intensive study and mapped the distribution of the bird flu virus in various areas in the country. ”Saat this Thailand worrying to migration birds as the bearer of the flu virus burung,” he said. (Mas/evy)
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