Published April 6, 2021, 3:00 PM
Several agriculture lobby groups jointly appealed for President Rodrigo Duterte to withdraw his recommendation to increase the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) for pork by 350,000 metric tons (MT) as this may cause further damage to the local hog industry.
The groups also asked Duterte to shelve another proposal of the Department of Agriculture (DA) which is to bring down the tariff on pork imports.
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“ASF has caused serious harm, Mr. President, but the proposals of the DA are fatal blows that could slowly kill the hog industry
. Double dead po ang sektor namin pagnatuloy ang mga proposals na ito, Mr. President [our sector will end up double dead if DA’s proposals are approved,” groups said.
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March 15, 2021 | 12:03 am
MEAT IMPORTERS’ proposals to ease the bans on poultry imports from countries reporting bird flu outbreaks could endanger domestic poultry farms because of the absence of border inspection facilities to detect contaminated meat, the poultry industry said.
Gregorio A. San Diego, Jr., chairman of the United Broiler Raisers Association, said in a mobile phone message that if the proposal is approved, it would increase the risk of poultry farms being infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu.
“That would be dangerous… We do not have border inspection facilities. A lot of the exporters are consolidators. They are sourcing meat from different parts or zones of their countries and sometimes nearby countries,” Mr. San Diego said.
March 4, 2021 | 8:01 pm Font Size
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THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it created a technical working group to study the problems of broiler poultry farmers.
Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar signed Special Order No. 197 on March 3 creating the Technical Working Group on Broiler Concerns.
Mr. Dar said the group will collate and analyze data on the industry, including supply and demand, production costs, development plans for the sector, consultation with industry stakeholders.
The group is also authorized to make policy recommendations for the industry in coordination with other DA agencies.
âThe technical working group was created⦠to ensure that the broiler sectorâs concerns are proactively and adequately addressed,â Mr. Dar said in the special order.
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