Press Release
March 1, 2021
Coco Levy Act to benefit 3.5M Filipino farmers and spur the development of our coconut industry
President Rodrigo Duterte s signing into law of a measure that seeks to create a trust fund for coconut farmers through the selling of assets procured through the coco levy fund would benefit the country s 3.5 million coconut farmers from 68 coconut producing provinces owning not more than five hectares, for the last 10 years said Sen. Cynthia A. Villar The coconut farmers are the poorest in the country. They earn only about P1,500 a month. This fund which rightfully belongs to the coconut farmers, should be plowed back to them for their own direct benefit, also said Villar, chairperson of the Senate committee on Agriculture and Food.
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Published February 27, 2021, 8:20 AM
Food and agriculture multinational firm Cargill said everyone’s priority should be strict biosecurity and feed hygiene in fighting the much dreaded African Swine Fever (ASF), which already resulted in billions of losses in the Philippines’ hog industry.
Cargill’s recommendation came amid the Philippine government’s continuous efforts to contain the spread of the highly contagious swine virus, including the purchase of thousands of ASF test kits.
Sonny Catacutan, president of Cargill Philippines and managing director of Cargill Animal Health and Nutrition, said in a statement that “prevention is the only option because there is no cure”.
SOLANA, Cagayan, Feb. 24 (PIA) - - The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has launched the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) convergence program in Cagayan Valley region.
Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya said the program is a key strategy of the national government in addressing critical concerns on hunger mitigation, food and nutrition insecurity, and poverty reduction.
He said a memorandum of understanding has been signed by national government agencies that were identified part of the convergence initiative with anti-poverty programs to include the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Health, Department of Agriculture, Department of Agrarian Reform, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Science and Technology, National Food Authority, Landbank of the Philippines, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, and Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation.
Photo by MA Albert Estoya.
This, after the PCIC Board of Directors approved the proposal of its parent agency, the Department of Agriculture (DA), to relax its conditions on the payment for hog raisers’ losses as well as cover future hog raising activities.
The DA has proposed that PCIC pay the losses resulting from government-ordered culling or slaughter of insured hogs and raise the payable amount up to 100 percent of the insurance cover or the total sum insured.
Agriculture Secretary William Dar described this as part of the agency’s “bold policy actions” amid the persistence of ASF, a fatal animal disease among hogs that already resulted in the death and culling of around 500,000 hogs nationwide.