date:Nov 27, 2012
, compared to 520,000 in 2010.
According to the Jakarta Globe, the chair of the Indonesian Association of Small-Sized Meat Producers, Budi Mulyono, has called on the government to review its self-sufficiency policy and that he understood the frustration felt by traders and butchers struggling to secure stock.
He said the problem was a result of the government policy and has called on the government to be wiser and not push policies that hurt consumers.