Semarang, 6 May 2025 – The dairy industry in Indonesia is facing various strategic challenges, ranging from low productivity, low cooperative infrastructure, to limited technical services and assistance. Responding to these conditions, Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP) in collaboration with Central Queensland University (CQU), Adelaide University, University of Melbourne, PSEKP Ministry of Agriculture and IPB University and supported by the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), again hold Provincial Workshop II in a series of collaborative research activities entitled IndoDairy Activity 2.

The theme for the activity was: “Advancing the Dairy Industry through Strengthening and Collaborating Milk Cooperatives”, the activity which was held at the Grand Candi Hotel, Semarang, presented more than 40 participants from dairy cooperatives, provincial and district livestock services, academics, research institutions, development partner organizations, as well as the private sector involved in the national milk supply chain.

This workshop was not only a place to share knowledge, but also a strategic space to strengthen synergy between stakeholders in building a more resilient, adaptive and sustainable milk cooperative system. This activity also brings together the main actors who are directly involved in technical services to farmers, cooperative management, and policy making in the dairy farming sector.