Poor communities in CAR tapped for swine repopulation
SWINE REPOPULATION. Black pigs are raised by the Department of Agriculture at an animal breeding center in Baguio City in this file photo from the first quarter of 2022. The pigs will be used in the agency's pig dispersal program. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - Communities identified as special areas for agricultural development (SAAD) and have been tagged as African swine fever (ASF)-free are tapped for the repopulation program of the Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR). DA-CAR regional director Cameron Odsey, in a phone interview on Frid...