The country’s meat imports from January to April expanded by 22 percent to nearly 580,000 metric tons (MT) compared to the previous year, driven largely by pork products as demand continues to outpace local production. Based on data from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), the total volume of...
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) expects the country’s trade performance to remain unchanged despite China’s move to ban the entry of locally produced pigs, wild boar, and related swine products due to swine fever. At present, BAI said the Philippines does not export any of the commodities...
The World Bank has approved an $18.85-million grant to strengthen the Philippines’ pandemic response, as the country is considered a global hotspot for emerging infectious and zoonotic diseases. The Washington-based multilateral lender’s board approved last April 29 the investment project...
The country’s meat imports in the first two months increased by nearly a quarter to more than 290,000 metric tons (MT), as traders looked to strengthen inventories despite sufficient domestic output. The latest data from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) showed that total meat imports from...
Another loan from the World Bank is forthcoming for the Philippines, this time to finance the country’s fight against epidemics by strengthening both human and animal health systems to improve pandemic preparedness. According to a Aug. 12 concept environmental and social review summary...
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) assured the public that poultry products, such as chicken meat and eggs, are safe for human consumption following the recent detection of a new bird flu subtype in Camarines Sur. BAI earlier reported that the country’s first case of highly pathogenic avian...
The Philippines increased its meat imports by 33 percent as of the end of February, as traders ramped up purchases amid the continued spread of animal diseases affecting domestic production. Based on the latest data from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), meat purchases abroad from January...
Two years after its first case of avian influenza, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced that the Benguet province is now free from bird flu. The DA confirmed on Tuesday, Feb. 20, that laboratory tests found that there have been no reported cases of the H5N1 strain infection since the...
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has confirmed that pigs from three towns in Occidental Mindoro have tested negative for African Swine Fever (ASF). In a statement on Friday, Feb. 2, BAI said that recent blood tests from the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed that pigs in...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Agriculture (DA) ought to establish stronger mechanisms to detect and contain new and more dangerous strains of African Swine Fever (ASF) and Avian Influenza from coming into the country by setting up stronger first border...
CEBU CITY – An eye-opener. This was how the regional director of the Department of Agriculture-Central Visayas (DA-7) described the policies that Gov. Gwen Garcia is implementing to stem the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) disease in Cebu. Angel Enriquez expressed support to Garcia's...
The government has set aside P177.78 million to fund its attempt to stop the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in the country as what President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ordered. (Photo courtesy of DA) The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI)...
