Published February 8, 2021, 2:38 PM
Despite the tightness in supply, the Philippine government is targeting to bring down the farm-gate price of pork in the country to P165 to P170 per kilogram (/kg), which is nearly double the commodity’s current retail cost of around P350/kg recently recorded at select markets in Metro Manila.
This is amid the implementation of a new price cap on pork within Metro Manila, based on the Executive Order (EO) recently signed by President Rodrigo Duterte.
During the Laging Handa briefing on Monday, Agriculture Secretary William Dar confirmed that the Department of Agriculture (DA) is indeed providing a transport subsidy of P21/kg to hog shipments coming to Metro Manila, which was first reported in Manila Bulletin on Sunday.
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February 8, 2021 | 12:03 am
HOGS RAISERS from the Visayas, Mindanao, and parts of Luzon have launched deliveries of live animals to Metro Manila, in order to help head off an inflation crisis in the capital region following a spike in food prices, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.
In a recent visit to Region 12 or SOCCSKSARGEN, Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar announced the departure of two truckloads of hogs, with 260 animals on board, to Metro Manila.
“The hogs, courtesy of the Koronadal Valley Livestock Growers, are expected to arrive at Manila ports early next week,” Mr. Dar said.
Mr. Dar confirmed that growers in the Visayas, particularly Iloilo, recently shipped 600 live hogs to plug shortages on Luzon, where the herd has been greatly reduced by African Swine Fever and the associated culls to contain the outbreaks.