During its second-quarter meeting held virtually on June 18, 2024, the National Sectoral Committee on Poultry and Livestock (NSC on PL) pledged its support for the continuation of the Integrated National Swine Production Initiatives for Recovery and Expansion (INSPIRE) Program. Through a policy resolution, the NSC on PL will recommend to the Congress the approval continue reading…
Together with the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries and other Department of Agriculture (DA) attached agencies and bureaus, the National Sectoral Committees (NSCs) on Corn and Poultry and Livestock reviewed the implementation status of their respective commodity industry roadmaps on August 30 to 31, 2023. On the review of the Philippine Yellow Corn Roadmap, continue reading…
The National Sectoral Committee on Poultry and Livestock (NSC on PL) held a special meeting on August 1, 2023 to discuss updates on the Avian Influenza (AI) and the African Swine Fever (ASF) vaccines. The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) shared that they are currently drafting the guidelines for AI vaccination in collaboration with the continue reading…
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) held an online Knowledge Unloading Day (KUD) on the Retrospective Study on the Epidemiology of African Swine Fever (ASF) Outbreaks in the Philippines on June 27, 2023. The study, which was commissioned by PCAF to the Agricultural Training Institute-International Training Center on Pig Husbandry (ATI-ITCPH), aims to continue reading…
When the African Swine Fever (ASF) was first reported in the Philippines in 2019, the local hog industry, both commercial and backyard hog farmers, did not realize that the incident would have its impact beyond numbers. In a conversation with one of the rural women leaders in Cagayan Valley in March 2023, the Philippine Council continue reading…
With the African Swine Fever continuously affecting pork supply in the country, chicken and egg are being considered to supplement the demand for meat and alternative protein sources. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority report, the country suffered a 12.4 percent decrease in the total swine population in the third quarter of 2021 from the continue reading…
Members of the National Agriculture and Fisheries (NAF) Council, which is composed of key government agencies, local government units, private sector entities, non-government organizations, and people’s organizations, expressed their support on the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) price control strategies by adopting NAF Council Resolution No. 1 Series of 2021 during the combined face-to-face and continue reading…
Chaired by Assistant Secretary for Livestock Dr. William Medrano, the Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) convened concerned Department of Agriculture (DA) officials and key swine stakeholders in a video conference to discuss pork-related issues. Bureau of Animal Industry OIC Director Dr. Ronnie Domingo presented the African Swine Fever situation and updates while DA Price Enforcement Unit Head continue reading…
