BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR NATIONAL LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION: PRESENT AND CHANCE IN THE FUTURE

Abstract

Govemment program to rim public service function has been setting through 3 major
programs, named Agribusiness Development Program, Food Security Development
Program, and Farmer Wealth Increasing Program. Agribusiness Development Program is held to push and facilitate public business by giving public direct aid for the purposes of breeding business, fattening, artificial insemination, animal health service, insemination service, etc, Food Security Program is reflected in the implementation on breeding, animal health, public veterinary health, animal feed availability guarantee, and livestock farming regulation. Therefore, this program is focussed on issue of regulations (steering function), meanwhile farmer Wealth Increasing Program is developed to increase farmer and government officer know how by establish training centres.

To support those programs and to achieve sustainable agricultural development,
government need to develop livestock production effort through biotechnology
engineering, by establishing an institution which are responsible to develop
technologies such as Embryo Centre located at Cipelang, Artificial Insemination Centre located at Lembang and Singosari, Livestock Research Centre located at Bogor, Veterinary Research Centre located at Bogor, Livestock Product Quality Assessment Centre located at Bogor, Animal Drugs Quality Assessment and Certification Centre located at Serpong, Veterinary Pharmacy Centre located at Surabaya, and Veterinary Investigation and Assessment Centre located on 7 Provinces all over Indonesia. These Institutions has major function to produce and assess quality of animal vaccine, animal drug and animal products, and support the increasing of livestock production, in order to maintain sustainable agricultural development.