Jakarta, July 30 -- The Indonesian Ministry of Cooperatives noted that the government is preparing the integration of dairy cooperatives into the supply chain of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program.

Koko Haryono, Public Policy Expert Staff to the Minister of Cooperatives, stated that the ministry is overseeing the drafting of a presidential regulation on the operations of the Red and White Village Cooperatives. The regulation aims to directly connect dairy cooperatives to the MBG ecosystem.

"We want to ensure that the pasteurized milk consumed by children is produced directly by local smallholder farmers through cooperatives," he said during the launch of the dairy cooperative strengthening initiative at the Suka Makmur Farmers Coope...