Visit of Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) of Indonesian Livestock Logistic to the Netherland

Animal Logistic Indonesia-Netherland (ALIN) was a cooperation project in the field of the livestock logistic conducted by Faculty of Animal Husbandry of IPB (Fapet-IPB) in collaboration with Netherland Consortium led by Maastricht School of Management (MSM) which was funded by EP-Nuffic, Netherland. One of the outputs of ALIN project was Fapet-IPB had the academic ability, organizational and management to deliver the education and training which took into account the gender aspect in conducting the research in the field of the livestock logistic.

Through FLPI (Forum Logitik Peternakan Indonesia / Indonesian Livestock Logistic Forum), ALIN and Fapet of IPB had established the cooperation with the stakeholders, in support of the establishment of the livestock logistic study program at the Undergraduate Plus and Postgraduate levels. The Team of PAC came from the academic, industry, government, and community components to design, organize, and evaluate the implementation of the study program. The Team of PAC consisted of 1) Zaldy Ilham Masita (Chairman of Asosiasi Logistik Indonesia / Indonesian Logistic Association); 2) Prof.Dr.Ir. Senator Nur Bahagia (Director of Pusat Kajian Logistik dan Supply Chain ITB / Center for Logistic and Supply Chain of ITB); 3) drh. Sudirman, MM (Business Development Director, PT Sierad Produce, Tbk); 4) Ir. Harianto Budi Raharjo (Operational Director of PT Lembu Jantan Perkasa); 5) Ir. Fini Murfiani, MSi (Director of PPHnak, Ministry of Agriculture of RI).

One of the agenda of PAC was to meet the invitation from the Netherland to make an exposure visit to the livestock logistic sector institution and the international education institution, so that it was able to arrange the standard of the educational program of the livestock logistic in Indonesia. The Netherland was a good example in the practice of the livestock logistic management and had the world-class university with the complete and adequate facilities. This activity was conducted on 08 to 12 May 2017 in the Netherland, among others the visit to NVWA Utrecht, Cattle and Logistic the Netherland, STC Education and Training in Transport and Logistics-Rotterdam, Wageningen UR, and others.

There were important points of the exposure visit result, among others the mastery of the characteristic of the livestock product as the commodity was the most important thing in the livestock logistic. “Fapet-IPB has possessed the basic provision to master the characteristic of the livestock product for the development of the livestock logistic study program”, explained Ir. Harianto Budi Raharjo in his activity in the Netherland on the date of 11 May 2017. Another important point was also explained by Prof. Senator that the hygiene was a priority in the livestock logistic process in the Netherland, this became an important learning from the livestock logistic in Indonesia. “In the practice of the livestock logistic in the Netherland, each livestock is monitored on a day-to-day basis through an IT facility”, explained Prof. Senator. He also explained that the livestock logistic activity in the Netherland ran partially, but it could be managed well because of the very high trust between the stakeholders.

The Teams of PAC and ALIN also gained the knowledge about the animal welfare delivered by EonA (Eyes on Animals). The institution of NGO, EonA, submitted the material on the animal welfare improvement during the transportation, discussing the issues that often occurred and the best practices applied in Europe. Other than that, also discussing the problems that occurred in Indonesia especially the techniques used to transport the animal from the ship that did not care about the animal welfare.  “There is the experience of the livestock production and trading company in Europe, the company’s investment in the animal welfare result in a positive impact on the company’s financial return,” explained Lesley Moffat as the founder and the coordinator of EoNa when delivering the lecture in front of the teams of PAC and ALIN on the date of 09 May 2017 in Harderwijk (NL). The Teams of PAC and ALIN were very opened in the discussion about it to produce the better livestock logistic in Indonesia with regard to the animal welfare.***