A South Korean company has secured a contract to buy cassava products from five agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) from the provinces of Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon in Northern Mindanao. The company, Daesang Philippines Corporation, a South Korean food manufacturing company, whose base of operations is located in Pasig City,…
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The provincial government of Misamis Oriental will start the hog repopulation after detecting "zero" African swine fever (ASF) in the province for the past 77 days, the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) said on Monday. Under the repopulation, PVO head Dr. Benjamin Resma said the provincial government will provide assistance as ordered by Governor Yevgeny Vicente Emano to every barangay that has been affected by the ASF. "We have prepared a package per barangay. We will provide 10 female and one male hogs. We are planning to give old hogs so that they would be ready to breed," Resma said during the flag-raising ceremony. He said the ASF has affected 765 farmers in 99 villages in Misamis Oriental due to the hog depopulation conducted by the PVO in 2021. The city of El Salvador and the towns of Balingasag and Alubijid have the most number of reported ASF cases last year. The provincial government immediately banned hog raising in the entire provi