Philippines continues to take action to curb African swine fever

According to a report by the Philippine Business Mirror on November 22, the Department of Agriculture (DA) stated that it will continue to provide pig farmers affected by African Swine Fever (ASF) through a dual breeding program and a comprehensive national pig production plan .
Provide financial and technical assistance
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DA stated that it will continue to compensate the pigs culled for curbing the spread of ASF.
Each pig will receive 5000 pesos, totaling 2.
158 billion pesos, and 1.
697 billion pesos has been paid.
The remaining 461 million pesos has been approved and will be paid.
Distributed soon
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To date, 8169 pigs have been distributed to 3061 farmer beneficiaries in 312 ASF-free communities
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The Philippine government is providing loans to commercial pig farmers in areas without ASF through the Philippine Land Bank (30 billion pesos), the Development Bank (12 billion pesos) and the Agricultural Credit Policy Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture (800 million pesos)
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In addition, the central government purchased and distributed 134 ASF rapid PCR test kits to local governments to strengthen early monitoring
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DA revealed that next year all regional animal diagnostic laboratories will be equipped with RT-PCR equipment, which can be used not only to detect ASF virus, but also to detect other animal or human viruses
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