ACTIVITY REPORT THE INDONESIAN TEMPE FORUM FY 2017 www.forumtempe.org Supported by: U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) Forum Tempe Indonesia The Indonesian Tempe Forum Jl. Cijahe II, No. 12 Taman Yasmin, Sektor V Tahap II. Bogor 16113, Indonesia Contract #: 17IN10U34A Tel/Fax: +62 251-753 1426 E-mail:
[email protected] Project #: U17CXSA010-01 Website: www.forumtempe.org ACTIVITY REPORT THE INDONESIAN TEMPE FORUM FY 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Indonesian Tempe Forum (ITF) is an independent organization that organizes all stake holders who have an interest and care for tempe’s product in Indonesia. It has a vision to develop tempe to increase people’s prosperity. ITF was formed to accommodate the member’s thinking and innovation development from expert, practitioner, and people who care regarding tempe’s superiority and potency. This organization is a non-profit organization and focus on advocacy and tempe industry development as well as promotion activities of tempe as the heritage of Indonesian food. Tempe is a unique fermented soy product consumed throughout Indonesia, especially among the Javanese. More that 2 million metric tons (MMT) of U.S. soybeans are imported into Indonesia annually for tempe production and consumption, and the U.S. has over a 95 percent market share of total soybean import. Tempe is a traditional Indonesian food that has important roles in providing good quality protein for majority of Indonesian population. Tempe is produced mostly by small household industries with a production range of 10 kg–2 metric tons of tempe per day. It is estimated that there are www.forumtempe.orgmore than 100 000 tempe producers spread out in the provinces of Indonesia.