Indonesia explores poultry export opportunities in China, Middle East

Therefore, the government continues to strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation to open up more international markets for Indonesian agricultural products.

Improving distribution

Mr Sudaryono revealed that Indonesia’s poultry sector is currently experiencing an oversupply.

However, he sees the abundant supply of live broilers and chicken eggs as a positive indicator of the country’s strong production capacity.

“The government’s main challenge is to improve distribution of the commodities and maintain balance in the domestic market,” he said.

“This is actually a good problem to have. The products are readily available. It is just a matter of how we manage supply, demand, and distribution to ensure stocks are distributed evenly across the country.”

MBG to help absorb the surplus

In another development, the ministry is coordinating closely with the National Nutrition Agency to ensure that the government’s free nutritious meal (Makan Bergizi Gratis or MBG) program maximizes the absorption of domestic food commodities, particularly chicken meat and chicken eggs, whenever farm-gate prices decline.

I Gusti Ketut Astawa, Deputy for Food Availability and Stabilization at the National Food Agency, said the average farm-gate price of broilers has increased by 4.11% over the past week.

Based on the agency’s data as of July 14, the national average price for live broilers stood at USD 1.21/kg, up from USD 1.16/kg the previous week.