Jefo and Trouw Nutrition Indonesia’s commitment to consolidate its precision nutrition supplier status was announced on November 25th, 2021 in Jakarta. Trouw Nutrition Indonesia becomes an exclusive partner to distribute Jefo’s protease enzyme for aquaculture in Indonesia.
Jefo, a global leader in high-performance non-medicated nutrition solutions for animals, aims to maximize its presence in Indonesia by partnering with Trouw Nutrition Indonesia a leading animal nutrition solution provider to bring innovative technology to Indonesia’s rapidly growing aquaculture industry.
Over these two pandemic years, the feed-to-food supply chain has been encountering a global raw material crisis. Pressures on logistic chains have recently resulted in price and supply issue. These conditions, in turn have hit operational efficiency, raised uncertainty, and raises costs to feed millers, including those in Indonesia’s aquaculture industry.
“Indonesia is one of the largest aquaculture productions in the world, as a global leader in high-performance non-medicated nutrition solutions for animals we want to take part contributing to Indonesian aquaculture industry, especially during crises situations caused by raw material shortage/increasing price,†said Didi Dic Widjaja, Jefo National Sales Manager during the partnership ceremony.
“Today we announced our partnership with Trouw Nutrition Indonesia as our exclusive partner to distribute Jefo’s Protease for Aquaculture. With our principle Life made easier we want to help making life easier for local aqua feed mills and farmers by delivering total solutions which help reduce the cost of production and allow for a more flexible approach to formulating diets. The partnership will help deliver value across the supply chain from aqua feed mills and integrators all the way down to the local shrimp and fish farms,†added Didi.
Jefo’s Protease for Aquaculture is species-specific protease design for aquaculture. This product is backed by more than 15 years of dedicated research in numerous aqua species. With the uncertainty of raw material, Jefo’s Protease for Aquaculture can be one of the solutions. Jefos’s Protease is a multicomponent enzyme with three distinct alkaline protease activities. By replacing a certain amount of raw material with alternative source and adding Jefo`s protease, we will have the benefit to reduce the formulation cost without compromising on performance.
A key challenge in the feed industry now is to make a performing feed that is less vulnerable to fluctuating raw material prices and availability – and safer for the environment and the people who use it, also improve profit for both producer & farmer. Trials with the Jefo solution have consistently shown performance and
economic benefits in shrimp and fish fed diets containing different raw materials in both pelleted and extruded rations.
Margaretta Ariesta – Commercial Director PT Trouw Nutrition Indonesia said during the ceremony “We are very honoured that Jefo has select us as an exclusive distributor & strategic partner for Jefo’s Protease for Aquaculture, it shows a recognition of our strengths; strong network in the industry, as well as expertise as best in class. With Jefo Protease for Aquaculture, we hope we can provide solution of raw material crisis for our customers.â€
The virtual function had two presentations. Reviewing the current status of aquafeeds in Indonesia, Dr Romi Novriadi, Vice Chairman of the Indonesia Aquaculture Society asked how can we move forward. Although import volumes of major feed ingredients have remined stable, Romi looked at the global trends in substituting fishmeal with alternatives. “The major concern is costs since prices for soybean meal and corn gluten mean have doubled over this year. The other question is how can Indonesian producers increase production efficiency and be competitive with regional producers. The solution is to look at alternative sources and he discussed the potential of some alternatives available in Indonesia such as corn flour and copra meal.” There is also the addition of additives to increase the nutrient value of the feed.
Dr Kabir Chowdhury, Global Technical Manager – Aquaculture Jefo Nutrition looked at the role of dietary protease as an essential and effective solution to optimise feed cost. Used by major feed porducers globally, Kabir showed cost savings ranging from USD5/tonne for catfish feeds to USD22/tonne for marine fish feed. He gave results of recent research conducted in Vietnam on the use of palm kernel meal and copra meal with protease added. There is an overall economic gain with the enzyme improving performance and reducing total feed costs via flexibility in using protein sources.
