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Sacrificial livestock price shoots up ahead of Idul Adha
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An Agriculture Ministry delegation visits a cattle barn in an area where foot-and-mouth disease has broken out in Gresik regency, East Java, on May 10. (Agriculture Ministry /-)
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s foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) continues to spread, the price of sacrificial livestock has witnessed a notable hike amid rising demand and limited supply nearing the celebration of Idul Adha.
The Indonesian Meat Butcher and Trader Network (JAPPDI) expects livestock demand for the Islamic Day of Sacrifice in Jakarta and the Bandung area to amount to 150,380 heads, a 5 percent increase from the previous year.
Simultaneously, movement restrictions to contain the spread of the disease have cut sacrificial livestock supply in both areas, JAPPDI chairman Asnawi told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
“The supply of live cows, buffaloes, sheep and goats is limited in Jakarta and the Bandung area due to mobility restrictions [to control the spread of FMD], causing a price hike nearing the Idul Adha celebration,” he told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
Live cows and buffalo prices have shot up between 25 percent and 27 percent from last year’s celebration to a range of Rp 70,000 (US$4.75) to Rp 75,000 per kilogram. Live goat and sheep prices, on the other hand, increased to Rp 120,000 and Rp 80,000 per kg, respectively.
Indonesia, which had been free from FMD for three decades, now faces a spread at the very time demand is increasing, as Idul Adha draws closer.
The first new outbreak of FMD was reported on April 28 in Gresik, East Java, with 402 cases logged in 22 villages across five districts.
