March 01, 2021 THE Department of Agriculture (DA)-Davao Region is planning to intensify its hog repopulation program in areas with no recorded cases of African Swine Fever (ASF).
DA-Davao ASF focal person Armie Capuyan said in a radio interview that they will start the repopulation program in areas with no newly recorded ASF cases and also strengthen their monitoring in areas that have not yet recorded a single case of the hog virus.
As of now, Capuyan said there are ASF active cases in Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, and Davao del Norte.
She said there is also a recently reported case in Davao City, but was immediately controlled.
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+ February 23, 2021 A RECOMMENDATION to provide a 50-percent insurance subsidy for commercial hog raisers to encourage them to boost production is under study while a task force is set to be implement a strategy to address unemployment and stimulate the economy, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.
These are among the measures lined up by the government to address economic woes caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
Nograles said the insurance subsidy will be taken from the quick response fund of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
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