FILE PHOTO: A worker washes and cools down cattle for sale for the Muslim Eid Al-Adha holiday in Depok, south of Jakarta, Indonesia September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s government is in the process of completing the transportation of 1,790 cows from East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to the cities of Bekasi and Jakarta in anticipation of a spike in demand for meat over the Eid al Adha season at the end of August and beginning of September, Fini Murfiani, farming director of product processing and marketing at the agriculture ministry told Salaam Gateway.
According to Murfiani, the price of meat usually rises to between 60,000 and 65,000 Indonesian rupiah ($4.49 - $4.87) per kilogram during Eid al Adha, from off-peak season prices of between 43,000 and 45,000 rupiah ($3.22 - $3.37) per kilogram.
“We want meat prices under control, so we have added additional stock from the production region to consumer regions, and we’re making sure the distribution process goes well. NTT is one of our production centres, with a current cow stock of 66,300,” she said.
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