Indonesia’s native chicken business this year is expected to grow at 10% since many farmers in Central and East Java will increase their production capacities, according to Ade Zulkarnain, Chairman of the Indonesian Native Poultry Farmers Association (Himpuli). Mr Zulkarnain told Asian Agribiz that native chicken business in the country had grown at a rate of 10-12% since 2013. Last year, production was recorded at 270 million birds or equivalent to 270,000 tonnes of carcass. With this figure, the market value was around USD 1 billion. He revealed that Himpuli targets native chicken meat to contribute 25% to animal protein consumption in the country in 2019. This means the production will be around 1 billion birds with a market value of USD 3.7 billion.
