TACLOBAN CITY—-The Department of Agriculture in Eastern Visayas (DA-8) has compensated at least 600 hog raisers in Leyte affected by the African swine fever (ASF).
Each hog raiser received P5,000 per culled swine.
The DA reported that 1,781 pigs had been killed in Pastrana, La Paz, Javier, and Abuyog towns.
The DA had spent more than P8.92 million to compensate hog raisers in these areas.
Angel Enriquez, DA-Eastern Visayas director, said the local governments had strengthened their ASF task force through a village watch group that would monitor possible cases of ASF.
“The government can only do much. If the public will not cooperate, ending the ASF infection will not…
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