SUCCESS STORY
Poultry Farmers Self-Finance
Biosecurity Changes
Photo: SAFE
Over 230 poultry farms in western Java have implemented
biosecurity changes and good farming practices after visiting
one of Indonesia’s new teaching farms.
Teaching Farm with a pass-over system
The teaching farms are private broiler farms associated with
the largest industry poultry producers, poultry shops and academic institutions. They model biosecurity and good farming practices and were developed as a response to the need
for farmers to “see” these practices in action.
Farmers in the area of the teaching farms, and university and
vocational school students have made over 1000 visits to the
teaching farms to see first-hand and learn about biosecurity.
Another 200 visits have been made by industry technical and
management staff, and international organizations. Visitors
understand biosecurity procedures through multisensory education that employs visual, aural and interactive techniques.
The visiting farmers then received technical support to implement changes in their farms by SAFE and industry staff.
“I invested IDR 2 million to improve my farm with a new gate
for vehicles and people. I also
built fences and began the use
of the sandal exchange system
at the chicken house doors.”
Mr. Sanusi, Sanusi Farm
Approximately 80% of the changes implemented include
footwear exchange at two separate entrances, building a
fence and upgrading the hand washing area. These changes were deemed to be the simplest and least expensive to
make. About 25% of the farms also built a dead bird pit for
safe disposal of sick or dead birds. All the farmers receive
educational materials including access to a recently produced farmer-to-farmer video. A “Champion Farmer” award
recognizes those farms that have implemented the most important changes as well as the technical industry staff that
provided the technical support.
Strategies Against Flu Emergence (SAFE) project is a two-year United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) program implemented by Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) and Johns Hopkins
University Center for Communication Programs.