Jakarta, June 2 -- The Ministry of Agriculture is preparing the Indonesian Milk Kitchen (Dasi) concept to strengthen milk supply for the Free Nutritional Meals (MBG) program through small-scale milk processing units integrated with MBG kitchens across the regions.

The ministry's Director of Livestock Product Downstreaming, Makmun, said the concept was intended to support the absorption of fresh milk produced by local farmers while simultaneously expanding dairy cattle development in various regions of Indonesia.

"We call it Dasi, meaning Indonesian Milk Kitchen," he said at a press conference for Nusantara Milk Day 2026 in Jakarta on Tuesday.

He explained that the milk kitchen concept is designed to connect milk processing units with M...