Program `Sapi Berlian`Targetkan Sapi Beranak 5 Juta Ekor dalam 5 Tahun
Diamond Cattle Program, Targeting the 5 Million Heads Cattle Lambing for 5 Years
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
 b.jpg)
Jember (B2B) - Pemerintah Provinsi Jawa Timur akan mendukung swasembada daging nasional, dengan melaksanakan program ´Sapi Berlian´ atau sapi beranak lima juta ekor dalam lima tahun. Saat ini terdapat 3.671.878 ekor sapi betina dan lima tahun ke depan ditargetkan dapat mencapai sedikitnya 15 juta ekor sapi betina dan jantan.
Wakil Gubernur Jawa Timur, Saifullah Yusuf mengatakan, saat ini total populasi di Jawa Timur mencapai 5.329.674 ekor terdiri atas 1.657.759 ekor sapi jantan dan 3.671.878 ekor sapi betina.
"Sekitar 90 persen sapi di Jawa Timur itu diternak oleh rakyat mencakup 2.674.234 kepala keluarga. Sekitar satu persen peternakan memiliki badan hukum," kata Saifullah Yusuf usai acara ´Gebyar Peternakan dan Kesehatan Hewan´ di Kecamatan Tanggul Kabupaten Jember, Kamis (9/5).
Hingga saat ini, kata Saifullah, Jawa Timur menjadi pemasok 31% kebutuhan sapi nasional. Sementara sapi yang siap potong jumlahnya sekitar 914.383 juta ekor atau setara dengan 191.106 ton daging. Sementara kebutuhan lokal di Jawa Timur mencapai 510.019 ekor.
"Selebihnya atau sekitar 288.687 ekor dikirim ke Jakarta, Jawa Barat dan provinsi lain," ungkap Wagub Jawa Timur.
Jember (B2B) - East Java Provincial Government will support national self-sufficiency in meat, to implement the program ´Cow Diamonds´ or lambing five million heads cattle in five years. Currently there are 3,671,878 cows and the next five years target to reach at least 15 million cows and a bull.
Deputy Governor of East Java, Saifullah Yusuf said the current total population in East Java tail number reached 5,329,674, consisting of 1,657,759 bulls, and about 3,671,878 cows.
"About 90 percent of cows bred in East Java by 2,674,234 households. Approximately one percent of farms have a legal entity," Saifullah Yusuf said after the event ´Livestock and Animal Health Week´ on the Tanggul District, Jember Regency, on Thursday (9/5).
Until now, says Saifullah, East Java became the supplier of 31% of national cattle needs. While cattle are ready for slaughter approximately 914,383 million heads, equivalent to 191,106 tons of meat. While local needs in East Java reached 510,019 tails.
"The rest or around 288,687 head shipped to Jakarta, West Java and other provinces," said Vice Governor of East Java.
