This report was compiled and edited by Paul Riethmuller under the technical guidance of D. Hoffmann, Senior Animal Production and Health Officer, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO/RAP) and D.B. Antiporta, Chief Policy Assistance Branch (RAP). The work was a part of a study, led by D. B. Antiporta, Chief Policy Assistance Branch (RAP). Kasuma Diwyanto, Director, of the Central Research Institute for Animal Sciences (CRIAS), Bogor, Indonesia, played a key role in facilitating the papers prepared by the Indonesian contributors to this report. Special thanks are extended to the authors of the individual report without whom this report would never appear. The opinions expressed by the authors are not necessarily those of CRIAS and different authors may have different opinions about the same topic. Some of the research in this report draws upon work funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. It was carried out at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, and the Centre for Agro-Socioeconomic Research located in Bogor (Indonesia).
The Commodities and Trade Division of the Economics of the Food and Agriculture Organization provided support to the research in this report, particularly the compilation of the statistical material in the Appendix. The help given to Paul Riethmuller by W. Lamade, A. Gurkan and C. Calpe of ESCB is greatly appreciated.
