Banjarbaru prepares to be a goat farming center

Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan 4/6 (AntaranewsKalsel) - The municipal government of Banjarbaru in South Kalimantan prepares hundreds of goats to make the city a goat farming center for local consumption needs and regions outside.

"We want Banjarbaru to be a goat breeding center because this area is suitable for livestock, especially goats," said Head of Banjarbaru Food Security, Agriculture and Fisheries Agency Muhammad Rustam here on Sunday. He was accompanied by Head of Livestock Sugiono.

According to Sugiono, the program in the goat breeding effort is an activity of livestock farming which is funded through pure 2017 budget (APBD).

He said 310 goats brought from Banyuwangi, East Java, and would gradually be distributed to a number of breeders.

"Currently 160 goats already in Banjarmasin still undergoing quarantine before being distributed to the group of farmers who are designated as recipients," he said.

According to him, as many as 50 out of 160 goats if they have finished the quarantine process will be taken to the slaughter house (RPH) of Gunung Kupang for breeding.

"The 50 goats will be placed in RPH's cages and kept so they can be good goats for breeding, and the rest will be distributed to farmers," he said.

Six groups of goat farmers, he said, are ready to receive goats aid in an effort to breed them in the local city.

"Six groups have been established as receiver and they are given the responsibility to maintain and make goats as breeders," he said.

Six groups of livestock farmers who will receive the goat are domiciled in the Sungai Ulin, Landasan Ulin , and South Banjarbaru.