YOGYAKARTA - As a strategic step to control the spread of the PMK outbreak that attacks livestock in Indonesia, the Ministry of Agriculture has formed a National Foot and Mouth Disease Task Force (PMK).
"This task force is to ensure collaboration and synergy in the context of orchestrating the control of PMK to the regional level," said Director General of Animal Husbandry and Health (PKH) of the Ministry of Agriculture Agung Suganda during a press conference in Yogyakarta, as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, January 11.
The task force involved a number of farmer associations and professional associations such as the Indonesian Livestock Bachelor Association (ISPI) and the Indonesian Veterinary Association (PDHI).
According to Agung, the national task force team will monitor the actions of handling PMK in all regions, including responding to reports from farmers.
Education related to the handling of PMK, vaccinations around the location of the case, as well as the provision of access to information related to vaccine distribution will also be intensified through the task force.
"We also provide access to information on the provision of vaccines to animal health workers, as well as farmers who want to carry out vaccinations independently," he said.
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The Ministry of Agriculture has prepared as many as four million vaccines to deal with the PMK outbreak in Indonesia. "We hope that we can distribute these four million vaccines in the shortest possible time," he said.
Agung hopes that the task force at the national level will soon be followed by the reactivation of the PMK task force in various provinces and regencies/cities that have been formed in 2022.
"We are sure that each region already has a PMK task force, it's just a matter of pressing the button again," he said.
Based on data from the National Animal Health Information System (ISISIKHNAS) on December 9, 2024 - January 9, 2025, there were no less than 4,000 PMK cases in Indonesia.
Meanwhile, members of the Nasional PMK Task Force Prof. Budi Guntoro also invited all universities in Indonesia to also form a similar task force to support the handling of PMK in their respective regions.
According to Budi, campuses have abundant human resources (HR), including involving students to go directly to the field to help the government deal with PMK.
"The task of the task force (on campus) is to socialize, especially related to biosecurity for farmers in the regions," said Budi, who is also the chairman of the Indonesian Livestock College Forum.
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