Pemerintah Daerah Diminta Optimalkan Peternak Sapi Perah
Local Gov`ts are Required to Optimize Dairy Farmers
Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Bukittingi (B2B) - Menteri Pertanian Suswono meminta kepada para kepala daerah agar mengoptimalkan para peternak sapi perah dengan mendukung kegiatan pemasarannya. Tujuannya, agar hasil susu yang mereka peroleh dapat dimanfaatkan, dan mereka tidak lagi kerepotan harus memasarkannya kepada pabrik pengolahan susu.
"Susu murni kadar gizinya lebih baik daripada susu olahan serta budaya minum susu segar dapat berjalan secara optimal untuk meningkatkan kecerdasan anak," kata Suswono kepada pers usai usai membuka Peringatan Hari Susu Nusantara (HSN) 2013 tingkat yang dihadiri 5.400 orang pelajar Sekolah Dasar (SD) se Kota Bukittinggi sekaligus kampanye minum susu segar secara serentak di Bukittinggi, Sabtu (1/6).
Dia menambahkan, susu merupakan kebutuhan sehari-hari, dan sebaiknya diminum setiap hari, sehingga dapat meningkatkan ketahanan fisik, melindungi tubuh dari penyakit.
"Saya mengimbau kepada pemerintah daerah agar menyediakan anggaran untuk pemenuhan kebutuhan generasi muda mulai jenjang taman kanak-kanak, sekolah dasar hingga sekolah menengah," ungkap Suswono.
Hari Susu Nusantara 2013
Secara berturut-turut, HSN pertama kali diselenggarakan pada 7 Oktober 2009 di Pasuruan, Jawa Timur; HSN kedua pada 31 Mei 2010 di Bandung, Jawa Barat; HSN ketiga pada 4 Juni 2011 di Semarang, Jawa Tengah dan HSN keempat pada 2 Juni 2012 di Yogyakarta.
Haryono menambahkan, kegiatan HSN 2013 juga dilakukan di berbagai daerah antara lain melalui Bimbingan dan Teknik Penyuluhan Peternak Sapi Perah dan Kambing Perah di Batu, Malang, Jawa Timur pada 20-25 Mei lalu, Seminar Susu Nasional pada 25 Mei hingga 15 Juni di sembilan perguruan tinggi meliputi Universitas Andalas, IPB Bogor, Unpad Bandung, UGM Yogyakarta, Unsoed Purwokerto, Unibraw Malang, UNS Solo, dan Unhas Makassar.
Dalam rangkaian peringatan Hari Susu Nasional di TMII digelar minum susu bersama 500 siswa sekolah dasar, menyanyikan jingle ´Gemar Minum Susu´, promosi susu segar yang diikuti perusahaan swasta dan kelompok peternak susu, pembacaan dongeng minum susu, dan acara hiburan.
Bukittinggi (B2B) - Agriculture Minister Suswono asked to the local governments in order to optimize the dairy farmers by supporting marketing activities. The goal is that the results they obtain milk can be used, and they no longer have to rush to market to the milk processing plant.
"Pure milk nutrients, better than processed milk and fresh milk drinking culture may be optimized to improve the intelligence of children," said Suswono told reporters after opening over Memorial Day National Milk (HSN) 2013 level of 5,400 students who attended elementary school (SD ) Bukittinggi as well as fresh milk drinking campaign simultaneously in Bukittinggi, Saturday (1/6).
He added that milk is a daily necessity, and should be drinking every day, so it can increase physical endurance, protects the body from disease.
"I urge local governments to provide a budget to meet the needs of young people ranging levels of kindergarten, elementary to middle school," said Suswono.
National Milk Day 2013
Consecutive, HSN was first held on October 7, 2009 in Pasuruan, East Java; HSN second on May 31, 2010 in Bandung, West Java; HSN third on June 4, 2011 in Semarang, Central Java and fourth HSN on June 2, 2012 in Yogyakarta.
Haryono added, HSN activities in 2013 also performed in various regions through the Guidance and Counseling Techniques Dairy Cattle and Dairy Goat in Batu, Malang, East Java, May 20-25; National Dairy Seminar on May 25th until June 15th at nine universities in Andalas University, IPB Bogor, Padjadjaran Bandung, UGM Yogyakarta, Purwokerto Unsoed, Brawijaya University in Malang, UNS Solo, and Hasanuddin Makassar.
In the series of National Milk Day celebration in TMII held drank milk with 500 elementary school students, singing the jingle ´Joy of Drinking Milk´, followed by fresh milk promotion of private companies and groups of dairy farmers, milk storytelling, and entertainment events.
