Antara News, Friday, November 20, 2009 17:20 WIB
(ANTARA/Saiful Bahri/mes)Rome (ANTARA News) - Agriculture Minister Suswono said that Indonesia would import cows that weighed not more than 350 kg each so that they could be raised in the country first before being slaughtered.
"So far, Indonesia has been importing cows weighing more than 350 kg. Many of the imported cows even weighed between 400 kg and 500 kg so that they are slaughtered as soon as they arrive," the minister said here on Thursday.
The agriculture minister was in Rome to accompany Vice President Budiono who was attending the World Food Resilience summit. The minister also attended the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) conference on November 18-23, 2009.
On the sidelines of his activities, Siswono also met with his counterparts from Norway and New Zealand. The two countries are cow suppliers to Indonesia.
When he met with his Norwegian and New Zealand counterparts, Siswono explained the new regulation on the import of cows by Indonesia.
"They could understand," he said adding that the new ruling was made in the runup to the end of the previous agriculture minister`s term.
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