INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA PARTNERSHIP ON FOOD SECURITY IN THE RED MEAT AND CATTLE SECTOR (2013-2017): THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PARTNERSHIP TOWARDS INDONESIA AND AUSTRALIA CATTLE INDUSTRY

Abstract

Thesis Title: Indonesia Australia Partnership on Food Security in the Red Meat and Cattle Sector(2014-2017): The Contribution of the Partnership towards Indonesia and Australia Cattle Industry The global need of the livestock products is varying and more likely fluctuated. Cattle products become one of the tools used for conducting cooperation or partnership in terms of trade and investment of a country. Commonly, the countries that produce the cattle will have a partnership or trade agreement with the receiving country or become their target markets, whether it is in the form of bilateral or multilateral relations that could support and result profit to each other or fulfilling their national interest needs, often time the regulations of this cattle trading become the country foreign policy. Australia as one of the major actors in cattle production is doing and making an agreements and partnership with the country that become their target market which is Indonesia. Australia and Indonesia have a strong bilateral relation and have several free trade agreement and partnership regarding to the exchange of the commodities and even specific partnership in Cattle industry. In terms of geo economic, Indonesia and Australia shares border and with the numbers of population that ten times more than Australia, Indonesia becomes one of the potential markets for Australian cattle industry to develop and grow. Therefore, this research uses journals, news, books, and official documents to analyze the contribution of Indonesia Australia Partnership on Food Security in the Red Meat and Cattle Sector towards Indonesia and Australia cattle industry. The findings of this research are the partnership is beneficial for Indonesia to achieve self-sufficient cattle industry while at the same time it contributes to the success of Australia in realizing its vision to become the bigger cattle industry supplier. The recent output of the programs contribute in the increased number of Indonesia’s skilled labours which increased around 28% in 2016 and in the live cattle population which increased around 3.97% in the 2016.