“We value quality over quantity in our food production. Having to produce safe and quality crops and animals with lesser farm expenses and reduced threats to the environment prompts the farmers in a fourth-class town in Iloilo to champion organic agriculture. He commended the inspection team and all the barangay officials for always monitoring the stockyards within their respective villages as part of preventing the entry of the infected pigs, which has made Legazpi an ASF-free city.Įstipona said he requested the 70 village chiefs to monitor stockyards in their respective localities, and issue a barangay clearance certifying the origin of the hog as it would serve as a reference for accepting pigs for slaughtering services at the Class AA Abattoir in order to prevent the possible entry of ASF in Legazpi.As consumers are getting more mindful about their health and diet, the preference for organically-grown foods over crops treated with chemicals rapidly grows as time passes. ”We are also encouraging the hog raisers to engage in 'Babuyang walang amoy' to help increase the volume of pigs in the community”, he added. This scheme can also control the continuous increase of prices of meat products that burden the consuming public,” he added.Įstipona said the mayor earlier issued an Executive Order (EO) preventing hog buyers from outside Legazpi to buy pigs in the city to prevent scarcity of meat supply. “Buying of more pigs from other places would be considered as one of the economic enterprises that will bring additional income on the part of the city government. Rosal the purchase of live hogs from ASF-free localities to be distributed to all the meat vendors here at a very reasonable price to help solve the problem on very low supply of pigs resulting in high prices of pork in the market. Meanwhile, he said the CVO has offered Mayor Noel E. “If a pig becomes infected with ASF (African swine fever) after it was placed under the insurance coverage, the owner could file a claim for the ill but covered hog,” Estipona said. Under the new insurance coverage scheme, he said, the PCIC would pay PHP10,000 per hog that is insured if it becomes ill. “They should immediately register in order for them to avail of the insurance benefits for their pigs,” Estipona said.
Emmanuel Estipona, in an interview on Monday, said around 1,500 hog raisers had already registered, but more have yet to enlist.
LEGAZPI CITY – The City Veterinary Office (CVO) here is encouraging hog raisers who have not registered yet with the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) and the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) to soon enlist their swine for insurance coverage.Ĭity Veterinary Officer Dr.
Emmanuel Estipona (PNA-Legazpi file photo)
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