All four SISKA-partners have successfully passed their Commercial Viability Assessments and finished their two-year implementation period.
The Open Grazing model is, as expected, proving to be a great success with the high level of performance at close to lowest cost.
The two Smallholder Cut and Carry partners have sustained good cattle conception rates in their second year of operation.
An exciting collaboration with P4S Karya Mandiri Desa Kubu (Pusat Pelatihan Pertanian dan Perdesaan Swadaya) in Central Kalimantan is underway with the delivery of twenty pregnant BX-heifers, of which more than 50% have already given birth.
Buana Karya Bakti (BKB) in South Kalimantan is expanding their cattle breeding business.
In 2018, the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) undertook preliminary research on the impact of cattle grazing under oil palm, specifically on soil fertility, oil palm productivity and the spread of Ganoderma.
40 out of 142 calves belong to the Livestock Production Cooperative (KPT MS) in South Lampung were auctioned for the wider community
The Partnership continues to help find ways to synergise commercial cattle breeding with palm plantation activities.
The increasingly limited land along with population growth has been frequently discussed in relation to the development of land-based investments, such as agriculture and livestock.
Integration pattern in breeding cows, for example within a plantation, has tremendous potential, sustainable and economical because it can produce local feeder cows that are cheaper than imported ones.