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DA turns over farm machineries in Brgy Sta Cruz, Calapan
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March 9, 2021 | 7:34 pm Font Size
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A FUND supported by import tariffs has been proposed to improve the competitiveness of the hog industry, Senator Cynthia A. Villar said.
Ms. Villar, who chairs the chamber’s committee on agriculture and food, said during a hearing that such a fund is modeled on the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), which gets P10 billion a year from tariffs charged on liberalized rice imports. RCEF funds initiatives like farm mechanization, seed distribution, the spread of planting know-how, and crop insurance.
“I will do something like the RCEF (which) we can… allocate to uses which the hog sector thinks are important,” Ms. Villar said.
Senate proposes declaration of nationwide state of emergency due to ASF
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Senators eye using pork import tariffs as aid to local hog raisers
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 9) Senators are considering filing a bill that would channel the funds raised from pork imports as direct aid to local hog farmers, as they opposed the plan of the Department of Agriculture to import tons of meat subject to ultra-cheap duties.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform on Tuesday rejected anew the DA’s request to raise the minimum access volume to 400,000 metric tons of pork imports, even though hog farmers claim that the deficit is only between 150,000-200,000 MT. Instead, senators backed calls to craft a bill similar to the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) that would channel the tariff collections on pork imports to assistance to hog farmers.