More imports not the solution to high pork prices, KMP say

Pork chorizo on display at Agdao Market, Davao City. ( Manila Bulletin / File / Keith Bacongco)
In a statement issued Sunday, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said that the country’s plan to import more pork in a bid to curb the rising prices of pork products in the market is not the solution.
“More pork imports are not the solution to high prices. The necessary and more appropriate solution is to help and support local backyard hog raisers to help them recover from losses,” says KMP Chairperson Danilo Ramos.
The peasant leader noted that backyard and farm hog raisers in the country lost a staggering P56 billion due to the African Swine Fever (ASF).

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