Cattle Imports Policy Deadly Local Farmers
Sabtu, 19 Agustus 2017 - 12:05 WIB
Cattle Imports Policy Deadly Local Farmers
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JAKARTA - The sad fact that local cattle farmers are still became stepchildren in their own country can not be denied. In addition to lack of attention in development, the government's policy to open the faucet of imported cattle to be farmed in the country indirectly deadly local cattle.
"The seeds of imported tillers make the price of local cattle drop drastically and this is detrimental to farmers," said lecturer of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Prof. Dr, Ir. Mularno while speaking in Public Discussion of Independence and Fate of Village Breeders which held by National Amil Zakat Agency (Baznas) in Jakarta, recently.
Not only that, the bargaining power of traditional farmers in the presence of traders or middlemen is very weak. If a kilo of beef in the market price of up to Rp100 thousand, then the price of the highest farmers only Rp40 thousand/kilo.
"The price range is very wide between the breeders and the traders.The profits that farmers get are very small," said this professor of farming.
Another consequence of the cattle import policy is the decline in the number of local cow. That fact was found Mularno while in Padang, West Sumatra.
"I found a female qurban cow, whereas the rules of sacrifice are not allowed, but they say they have no choice, because the qualified male cows stock are getting a bit smaller," he said.
Therefore, Baznas Zakat Community Development program it is very helpful, because a can overcome the problems that occur. Where one of its aims is to penetrate the peak downstream of animal marketing.
"The Baznas program aims to invite the urban community to implement the "Empowering Villages with Qurban", which is to spend the sacrificial animals in the village, cut and distribute them to the villagers," said Director of National Training and Education Baznas, M Nasir Tajang.
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He said, Zakat Community Development (ZCD) program with traditional farmers is already running from Sumatra to Papua.
"This year we are targeting the distribution of funds amounting to Rp2, 5 billion or 1,000 sheep," he explained.
One of the participants of the ZCD program is Alif Group in Bringinsari Village, Kendal Regency, Central Java. Through this group, village farmers are collected, assisted by capital and assistance to raise sheep with good quality.
After about a year to start, Alief farms with a production capacity of 400 tails, ready to supply the needs of sacrificial animals out of town.
Bukhori agrees if the fate of farmers in the villages is still apprehensive. They still run production in a very traditional way because on average it only makes it pet-sideline.
"Breeders only get sweat from herding cattle because the profits from the sale are not great. His family is also not necessarily able to eat meat once a year," he said.
"The seeds of imported tillers make the price of local cattle drop drastically and this is detrimental to farmers," said lecturer of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Prof. Dr, Ir. Mularno while speaking in Public Discussion of Independence and Fate of Village Breeders which held by National Amil Zakat Agency (Baznas) in Jakarta, recently.
Not only that, the bargaining power of traditional farmers in the presence of traders or middlemen is very weak. If a kilo of beef in the market price of up to Rp100 thousand, then the price of the highest farmers only Rp40 thousand/kilo.
"The price range is very wide between the breeders and the traders.The profits that farmers get are very small," said this professor of farming.
Another consequence of the cattle import policy is the decline in the number of local cow. That fact was found Mularno while in Padang, West Sumatra.
"I found a female qurban cow, whereas the rules of sacrifice are not allowed, but they say they have no choice, because the qualified male cows stock are getting a bit smaller," he said.
Therefore, Baznas Zakat Community Development program it is very helpful, because a can overcome the problems that occur. Where one of its aims is to penetrate the peak downstream of animal marketing.
"The Baznas program aims to invite the urban community to implement the "Empowering Villages with Qurban", which is to spend the sacrificial animals in the village, cut and distribute them to the villagers," said Director of National Training and Education Baznas, M Nasir Tajang.
He said, Zakat Community Development (ZCD) program with traditional farmers is already running from Sumatra to Papua.
"This year we are targeting the distribution of funds amounting to Rp2, 5 billion or 1,000 sheep," he explained.
One of the participants of the ZCD program is Alif Group in Bringinsari Village, Kendal Regency, Central Java. Through this group, village farmers are collected, assisted by capital and assistance to raise sheep with good quality.
After about a year to start, Alief farms with a production capacity of 400 tails, ready to supply the needs of sacrificial animals out of town.
Bukhori agrees if the fate of farmers in the villages is still apprehensive. They still run production in a very traditional way because on average it only makes it pet-sideline.
"Breeders only get sweat from herding cattle because the profits from the sale are not great. His family is also not necessarily able to eat meat once a year," he said.
(rnz)
