Another virus brings suffering to Indonesian farmers
Amid the Covid pandemic, pig breeders are left struggling as African Swine Fever decimates their livestock
A pig pen in Datak in Idonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province lies empty after the pigs in them were infected with African Swine Fever and died. (Photo supplied by Father Benediktus Jaya)
Fabianus Jema’s world has fallen apart since all his 13 pigs began dying in November last year. They suddenly died one by one in their cages, said the 45-year-old farmer from Datak on the predominantly Catholic island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara province.