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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is now pushing to further expand the minimum access volume (MAV) allocation on pork to 404,210 metric tons (MT) from the current 54,000 MT, a proposal that has already been sent to President Rodrigo Duterte for approval. On Tuesday (Feb. 16), Agriculture Secretary...

The government-funded transport subsidy for hog shipment is now available, but hog raisers must first follow a lengthy process. In a virtual briefing, Arnel De Mesa, assistant secretary for operations of the Department of Agriculture (DA), has discussed the process for availing the P21 per kilogram...

The Philippine government is eyeing a way bigger minimum access volume (MAV) allocation, or about 388,790 metric tons (MT), for pork. This is just one of the proposals of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in terms of addressing the shortfall in the supply of the commodity as well as bring down its...

The Philippine government is planning to triple the minimum access volume (MAV) allocation for pork in a bid to address the shortfall in the commodity, which is caused by the highly fatal animal disease that is the African Swine Fever (ASF). Agriculture Secretary William Dar said during Laging...