Jakarta – The government continues to strengthen the national protein self-sufficiency agenda by developing integrated chicken downstreaming from upstream to downstream. This program is designed to ensure the availability of safe, sustainable, and equitable chicken meat and eggs throughout Indonesia, while simultaneously strengthening the position of smallholder farmers in the national poultry industry value chain.
The Director General of Animal Husbandry and Animal Health at the Ministry of Agriculture, Agung Suganda, stated that the government has begun implementing integrated chicken downstreaming in six strategic regions. This step is part of a systematic effort to increase the added value of the livestock sector while maintaining the stability of the national food supply.
“The government is strengthening the foundation of national protein self-sufficiency by developing integrated chicken downstreaming from upstream to downstream in six regions,” said Agung.
According to him, the program is designed to ensure the availability of a sustainable, safe, and pro-smallholder chicken meat and egg supply. This downstreaming is expected to create equitable production across regions and reduce price disparities.
“This integrated chicken downstreaming ensures protein self-sufficiency is sustainable, equitable, and pro-smallholder farmers,” he added.
He explained that the downstream ecosystem being developed includes strengthening chicken breeding from upstream, from Grand Parent Stock (GPS), Parent Stock (PS), to Final Stock (FS). His ministry is also encouraging the development of feed based on domestic raw materials, improving animal health, building Poultry Slaughterhouses (RPHU), meat and egg processing, and strengthening logistics and marketing systems.
“The Ministry of Agriculture fully supports the downstream program as an instrument for price stabilization and ensuring the supply of chicken meat and eggs,” he explained.
Telisa Aulia Falianty, Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia (FEB UI), assessed the downstream chicken farming program as a strategic step that must be carefully designed to ensure sustainability. According to her, chicken and eggs are sources of protein with high national consumption.
“Chicken and eggs are important sources of protein and are in high demand nationally. This program will certainly support national protein self-sufficiency,” said Telisa.
Meanwhile, Ugun Untaryo, Director of Strategy & Sustainability at PT Perkebunan Nusantara IV (PTPN IV) PalmCo, stated that his company has prepared a poultry farm in Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, to support integrated chicken downstreaming. This farm is focused on the construction of a parent stock facility consisting of 14 modern, high-tech cages with a closed house system.
“PTPN IV PalmCo played a vital role in the groundbreaking of the integrated chicken downstreaming project, which was implemented in Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, some time ago,” said Ugun.
He explained that this facility is designed to accommodate up to 140,000 parent hens and is targeted to produce around 10 million day-old chicks (DOC) per year.
“The presence of this facility is crucial for breaking dependence on supplies from Java, thus making chicken meat prices outside Java more competitive and controlling regional inflation,” he concluded.
By strengthening integrated chicken downstreaming, Indonesia is on a stronger path toward national protein self-sufficiency. This strategic step confirms the state’s presence in maintaining food security while simultaneously promoting equitable distribution of prosperity in a sustainable manner.