JAKARTA: The government has ordered all agencies and related associations to carry out depopulation of poultry breeding ducks following the outbreak of bird flu (avian influenza/H5N1).
Depopulation is a reduction by culling poultry population living in the territory of the outbreak of the bird flu virus with a radius of 1 km.
However, the government, he said, did not have the budget to compensate farmers who have didepopulasi Itiknya.
"There is no budget for compensation, we just do communication, provide education and information to farmers for depopulation duck," he said in Bird Flu Outbreak discussion Ducks, Thursday (13/12).
According to him, in order to compensate depopulation, there needs to state that the determination of duck deaths due to the virus, including disaster. Then sent to the national commission zoonosis control.Therefore, without the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture can only ask agency heads and awareness of farmers to undertake obligations depopulation after clinical trials for potential bird flu virus in ducks.
Chairman of Local Poultry Farmers Association of Indonesia (Himpuli) Ade Meirizal Zulkarnain questioned the seriousness of the response to prevent the spread of bird flu in ducks by the government. He was willing to destroy poultry breeders pessimistic without any compensation for the same breeder let business take off.
"Asking farmers to depopulation without compensation at any time by turning off our efforts. Whereas 60% of farms in Indonesia are owned rural communities with limited investment. "
Without compensation, he added, farmers likely will sell Itiknya or cut directly ducks potential bird flu virus. If this happens, then the spread of the bird flu virus will be more widespread and difficult to prevent and detect.(Arh) http://www.bisnis.com/articles/kasus-flu-burung-kementan-instruksikan-kurangi-populasi-itik
