Indonesia’s new school milk program could nourish minds and global dairy markets

School milk programs have a long history and remain active in many countries worldwide. A successful rollout of a new school milk program in Indonesia has the potential to significantly boost the dairy market, with greater demand for local production as well as opportunities for global dairy players.

Indonesia is already an attractive market for global trade and investments, and it is poised to become even more appealing due to government policies driving fluid milk demand and self-sufficiency ambitions. However, growing the domestic dairy herd to meet self-sufficiency ambitions will not be easy.

If successful, these policies could have significant implications for both the local and global dairy sector. There will potentially be opportunities for a range of dairy players, including opportunities for input suppliers of dairy cattle nutrition, genetics, and animal health, live cattle exporters, and dairy product exporters to grow their markets in Indonesia as it embarks on its journey.