Kalla said restrictions on Australian cow imports will not affect the availability of cattle in Indonesia. The problem is, the availability of sufficient cattle Indonesia for the community.Bogor, W Java (ANTARA News) - Former vice president Jusuf Kalla said he supported the limitation of cow imports from Australia following the decision of Canberra to ban its exports of slaughter cattle to Indonesia.
"I think this is a good opportunity for us to produce more cows," the former vice president said after he acted as a key speaker at a seminar which carried a theme: "Days of Islamic Economic Revival" here on Friday.
Kalla said restrictions on Australian cow imports will not affect the availability of cattle in Indonesia. The problem is, the availability of sufficient cattle Indonesia for the community.
According to JK, the import restrictions can actually increase the production of cow in Indonesia, and encourage cattle ranchers to achieve self-sufficiency in beef.
"There will be no problem, we should be optimistic. The availability of our cows is enough, we can be self-sufficient in beef," Kalla said.
Kalla is optimistic that Indonesia is able to meet the needs for cattle of the community, considering that Indonesia once exported cattle.
"We must be optimistic. In the past we once exported cattle," said the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Chairman said.
Meanwhile, restrictions on cattle imports from Australia did not affect the activity and the availability of cattle in the Slaughter House Bubulak which belonged to the Bogor City regional government.
"Until now the cattle slaughter activities at the Bubulak abattoir were not affected. We have since 2011 adopted a policy to use local cattle," said Setiawan, executive staff of the Bubulak abattoir said.(*)
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