Indonesia is an archipelagic country extending 5,120km from eat to west and 1,760 from north to south. It encompasses 13,667 islands only 6,000 of which are inhabited. There are five main islands (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Irian Jaya). Approximately 40 percent of the total population, now in excess of 125 million (2005 estimate), live between the US$1-and US$2-a-day poverty line. But this measure of income poverty does not capture the true extent of poverty in Indonesia. For many who may not be income poor the vulnerability to poverty is high, due to their lack of access to basic services and poor human development outcomes.
More than 45% of the Indonesian population are engaged in some form of agriculture activity and the Orskov Foundation aims to provide support to this sector through the implementation of a number of livestock-based community projects. Through a generous grant from the Isle of Man Overseas Aid Comittee we have recently established Goat, Duck and Fish projects with several communities throughout Indonesia.
