Dr. Ir. Arief Daryanto, Mec, The dan of the Vocational School IPB University conveyed the driving factors of competitveness in animal farming businessess especially those of poultry. “Those factors are: First a condusive investation climate; second, large scale companies integrated with good management, modern equipment, innovative and in accordance with the demand of the market; third, modern cold chain infrastructure since the commodities and poultry products are easily perishable; fourth, the presence of strong support of an abundance in corn production and local soybeans with excellent quality; fifth, the presence of contract farming which benefits both the large scale company and the plasma. Therefore, contract farming in the poultry industry is an essential necessity,” explained Dr. Arief as the speaker in the ‘Animal Contract Farming Meeting’ Monday (24/6), at the Hotel Savana Malang. This event was held by the East Java Agency in means of increasing the quality of the management of the Animal Contract Farming based on the principles of mutual benefits, strengthening, benefits, respect, responsibility, and dependency.