Indonesia to miss target of calves born through artificial insemination this year
Jakarta – Indonesia will likely miss its target of 3 million calves born from the artificial insemination of 4 million cows this year, setting back its beef self-sufficiency plans.
Southeast Asia’s largest economy wants to be self-sufficient in beef by 2026 and part of efforts to reach that target is the artificial insemination of cows to help breeders improve their livestock production.
Ketut Diarmita, director general of livestock and animal health at the agriculture ministry told Salaam Gateway only 2.3 million calves have been born this year from the government’s artificial insemination programme (UPSUS SIWAB) that started in February 2017.
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