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PNA file photo MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) will meet with egg producers and traders to address the rise of chicken egg prices despite enough supply, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) on Tuesday said. "President (and Agriculture Secretary) Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban to meet with egg producers and traders to determine why prices of chicken eggs have surged in recent weeks despite enough supply in the market," the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said in a statement. During the Cabinet meeting, Marcos said the DA must determine the reason behind the gap between the farmgate and retail prices considering that the administration is working to achieve its target of making affordable food available for Filipino families. "So we will have to have a look to see how to control that because we cannot explain almost one-half of the profit margin that we are seeing. We cannot

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