NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE August 2022 13 Grand opening for FoodTechIndonesia demonstration broiler farm A demonstration broiler farm was opened following an upgrade as part of FoodTechIndonesia, a public-private partnership initiated and coordinated by Larive International and supported by several leading Dutch companies. In attendance of officials from the Embassy of the Netherlands and representatives of the FoodTechIndonesia consortium, the grand opening of the demonstration broiler farm at the premises of PT. Januputra Sejahtera farm in Sleman, Central Java, took place on July 4, 2022. As part of the FoodTechIndonesia initiative, an existing open broiler farmhouse (16,000 birds, 2 floors) of Januputra was upgraded in 2020-2021 to a closed farmhouse by implementing Dutch solutions, fitting to local conditions. Furthermore, technical assistance was provided via implementing training programs to the Januputra staff and independent broiler farmers from the Central Java region. The approach of investments in farm equipment (heating, ventilation, closed drinking systems, lighting and disinfection) in combination with theoretical and practical training, allowed Januputra to increase its technical performance substantially. Furthermore, labour, energy and medicine costs per bird significantly decreased. In total, FoodTechIndonesia invested EUR 0.43/bird in terms of equipment. For Januputra, the improvements and costs reductions resulted in a profitability increase of >200% and return of investment is <2.5 years. Partners in FoodTechIndonesia include Aeres, De Heus, DSM, Hato, Kanters, Marel Poultry, Mavitec, Moba, Pas Reform, Trouw Nutrition and Van Aarsen. ologies known as Tier 2 or 3, developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). While the commonly used Tier 1 approach only allows for estimating GHG emissions per animal with regional averages, Tier 2 looks at specific local production systems. This includes herd parameters to estimate impacts on animal numbers such as mortality, fertility, age at first parturition and replacement rate, as well as production data including milk yields and animal weights at different life stages. Data on feed for different categories of animals and manure management systems are also critical as these have a strong influence on emission factors. Measuring parameters such as the methane (CH4) conversion factor may even require using Tier 3 approaches with more complex modelling and associated data, the report says.
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