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Frisian Flag to develop free school lunch & milk pilot program
The dairy-based nutrition company is partnering with a food security think tank to develop a structured model for delivering the free school lunch program, with a pilot program slated to reach 2,000 students in Cikarang, West Java.
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Officials press the siren to mark the inauguration of PT Frisian Flag Indonesia's new company in the Greenland International Industrial Center area in Bekasi Regency, West Java on July 2, 2024. (Industry Ministry)
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T Frisian Flag Indonesia (FFI), a subsidiary of Dutch dairy-based nutrition company Royal FrieslandCampina, is developing a pilot project to identify the most effective model for delivering a free school lunch and milk program, a key campaign promise of president-elect Prabowo Subianto.
FFI, in collaboration with the think tank Indonesian Food Security Review (IFSR), plans to assess various aspects of the program, including partnerships, distribution strategies and supply chains.
“[IFSR] will work with us and other industry players. The pilot project aims to find the best way to build this program,” FFI president director Berend van Wel said on Tuesday, as quoted by Tempo.co, adding that the pilot project was expected to reach 2,000 students at 10 schools in Cikarang.
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Van Wel announced the partnership during the inauguration of the company’s Sukamahi manufacturing plant in Cikarang, Bekasi regency, West Java, which was developed with an investment of Rp 3.8 trillion (US$232 million).
The new facility is to produce 400,000 kilograms of fresh milk per day for a total annual yield of 700 million kilograms of dairy products.
Putu Juli Ardika, the Industry Ministry’s agro-industry director general, commended FFI’s investment and highlighted its potential to support Prabowo’s flagship program as well as reduce the country’s reliance on dairy imports.
