(swine image from eCompareMo, ecomparemo.com)
Advice: Christine
Cudis says (25 Jan 2022,
“PH Cites Int’l Partners’ Help In Dealing With ASF,” PNA.gov.ph):
As it seeks to completely eradicate African
swine fever (ASF), the Department of Agriculture (DA) (via its) Bureau of
Animal Industry (BAI) said mentorship from international groups helped
strengthen their programs.
BAI Director Reildrin
Morales said groups such as the World
Organization for Animal Health, Food & Agriculture Organization, and
agencies under the Canadian and Spanish governments (have been) helpful in (consultations)
on how to effectively end ASF.
Lessons learned, the DA has launched Bantay
ASF sa Barangay (BABay ASF) and the Integrated
National Swine Production Initiatives for Recovery & Expansion (INSPIRE) Program,
implemented by the National Livestock
Program.
On 17 Jan,
the French government committed to the DA assistance in securing a vaccine
against the ASF.
In the meantime, Eireene Jairee Gomez says (07 Jan 2022, “PH Winning Against ASF, Says DA,”
Manila Times, manilatimes.net):
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the
Philippines is on track towards eradicating the dreaded African Swine Fever
(ASF)… In a virtual briefing, DA Assistant Secretary Noel Reyes reported that the ASF virus
is (now only) present in remaining 43 barangays in 16 municipalities as of
end-December.
Mr Reyes said, "Lumiliit na po (It is decreasing). We're winning the war against
ASF. Tulong-tulong lang po iyan (It's all a matter of cooperation)."
In May last
year, President Rodrigo Duterte
issued Proclamation 1143, placing the country under the state of calamity for 1
year due to ASF, unless earlier lifted.
Pro1143 allows local government units (LGUs) to set aside part of their
Local Risk Reduction & Management Fund (calamity fund) for ASF.
Additionally,
through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), the DA has assigned P300 Million for lending to backyard and
semi-commercial hog raisers in “green zones” (ASF-free areas).
ANN says in
total, the DA has allotted P3 Billion
to revive the swine industry, with P1.2
Billion for BABay ASF, and P872 Million
for INSPIRE (Author Not Named, 21 Sept 2021, “DA-ACPC Increases Loan
Fund For Hog Raisers To P800M, Upping Swine Recovery Efforts To P3B,” DA.gov.ph).
INSPIRE is a 3-year repopulation program. From 2021 to 2023, the DA targets to
produce 440,563 breeders and 10.5 Million finishers.
ACPC Director Jocelyn
Badiola says eligible borrowers include individual, start-up, and
semi-commercial swine raisers (SCSR), small enterprises, and farmers’
cooperatives and associations (FCAs). An individual can borrow up to P 300,000, start-up P1 M, SCSR P3 M, and small enterprises and FCAs P15 M. The loans have zero interest, and are
payable up to 5 years.
All
in all, for the pork that I love, the DA has me INSPIRED!@517
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