MANILA, Philippines – Livestock producers on Tuesday called on the government to provide cash support to lower the cost to local farmers and cushion the impact of underproduction and stem the country’s rising cost of meat products.
In an online hearing, senators also called out the Department of Agriculture for its lack of a clear-cut program to ease the impact of African swine fever on local farmers, who have also complained about the deluge of imported meat products as the government tried to augment the plunging domestic swine production.
“We ask that the P13 per kilo assistance for transport be implemented soonest to avert a looming shortage of pork products mainly for Metro Ma…
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