The government will boost starting this week the volume of shipments of live pigs and frozen meat coming from the Visayas and Mindanao to increase the low pork supply in some Luzon areas, particularly in Metro Manila.
A recent UN report, titled “The Human Cost of Disasters,” showed that a total of 149 million Filipinos have been affected by 304 disasters in the past two decades, mainly climate disasters. Within this number are hundreds of thousands of farmers and fisherfolk whose livelihood sources are consistently devastated by strong typhoons, droughts, and sea level rise.
Ahead of the harvest season, Agriculture Secretary William Dar has urged local government units (LGUs) and the private sector to buy rice and corn requirements directly from farmers to help support prices.
The government has ordered the strict regulation of the movement of poultry products following the reappearance of avian influenza (AI) HSN6 in San Luis, Pampanga.
The House of Representatives unanimously approved on Wednesday the “Agrarian and Agricultural Loan Restructuring and Condonation Act.”