Department of Agriculture (MANILA BULLETIN) “We thank the Senate for pushing for the declaration of the state of calamity and for working the reduction of the MAV [minimum access volume] allocation on pork. Again, another moral victory for the local hog industry and the agriculture sector in general,” said Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) Chair Rosendo So. It was in March when the Department of Agriculture (DA), upon the recommendation of the Senate, submitted to Malacañang a draft proclamation that seeks to put the entire Philippines in a state of emergency due to ASF outbreaks, which have been pushing meat prices, especially pork, higher