Indonesia's national herd is growing through artificial insemination
The artificial insemination program initiated by Indonesia Agriculture Ministry's husbandry and animal health directorate general has started to pay results, informs The Jakarta Post.
Official data shows that Indonesia has reduced its beef imports after an increase in cattle population through its artificial insemination (Upsus SIWAB) program.
In the last two years, beef imports have decreased from 147,851 tons (2016) to 120,789 tons (2017). This year the projection for beef imports stand at 113,510 tons of which 69,168 tons were already delivered by international suppliers in the first half of 2018.
“If beef imports do not exceed the projection this year, it means that the import volume has declined since 2016,” said husbandry and animal health director general I Ketut Diarmita.
Upsus SIWAB program was initiated in 2015 and implemented through three artificial insemination facilities in different regions of the country. 4.78 million vials of frozen bull semen were prepared in 2017 and 1.89 million cows were inseminated last year.
According to the official data, only 911,135 cows carried their pregnancy through birth. Nevertheless, that led to an increase of 3.84% in the cattle population, which accounted for 18.54 million head last year.
The ministry is aiming for a target of 25 million cattle in 2021 and, until mid-August this year, 804,753 calves have been born through this program.
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