Indonesian farmers pay price of foot and mouth outbreak before Hari Raya Aidil Adha sacrifice

This picture taken on June 16, 2022 shows a man feeding cattle in Bandar Lampung, Lampung province, amid an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has ripped through two Indonesian provinces since April, killing thousands of cows and infecting hundreds of thousands more, raising consumer fears ahead of Eid al-Adha. - AFP

BATU (Indonesia), July 9, 2022 (AFP): Indonesian farmer Okky Pratama usually sells dozens of cattle for Eid al-Adha, making his biggest earnings around the Islamic day of sacrifice, but this year he has sold just five.

A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has ripped through two Indonesian provinces since April, killing thousands of cows and infecting hundreds of thousands more, raising consumer fears before the July 10 festival.