The Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) projects the number of sacrificial animal requests to fall on Eid al-Adha this year, from 1.6 million last year to about 1.5 million. The decline is due to the covid-19 pandemic that is hitting people's purchasing power.

The figure includes all types of sacrificial animals, such as cows, buffaloes, goats, and sheep.

"In 2020 the total slaughter of sacrificial animals reaches 1.6 million and it is predicted that by 2021 this will decrease by about 10 percent due to the condition of the covid-19 pandemic," said Kementan Animal Health Director Nuryani Zainuddin at a webinar titled Availability of Sacrificial Animals Ahead of Eid al-Adha, Monday (12/7).

Nuryani’’ also guarantees the availability of sacrificial animals to meet the needs. From the Ministry's records, there are currently about 1.76 million sacrificial animals ready to be slaughtered.

Meanwhile, Chief of the Indonesian Cattle and Buffalo Farmers Association (PPSKI) Nanang Purus Subendro saw a decrease in demand for sacrificial animals in the field this year exceeded 10 percent.

In the field, according to him, farmers are made to be anxious. Because, the demand for sacrificial animals up to H-8 Eid al-Adha is still below 50 percent of what has been prepared.

Nanang said’’ farmers had anticipated a decrease in demand, so that the sacrificial animals prepared had been reduced. However, there are still many livestock that have not been absorbed by the market.

In 2020 was quite optimistic, the realization is quite good but this year is a bit difficult to predict, even we are a bit hopeful situation," he explained.

He mentioned in this year there small sacrificial animals are loved by the community, such as goats or cheap cows under the price of Rp23 million types of Balinese cows and Madura cows.
 

In connection with the declining purchasing power, sacrificial animals of little interest, which are below Rp23 million but the condition must be fat and mature," he said.

Sorces : cnnindonesia.com