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Department of Agriculture

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Six ports to house DA examination areas for agri imports

The Department of Agriculture is set to establish in six ports this…
  • March 5, 2021
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BOC moves to tighten watch over pork, poultry shipments

All Bureau of Customs collection districts are required to submit daily reports…
  • March 1, 2021
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BOC ordered to guard vs pork smuggling

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has directed the Bureau of Customs (BOC)…
  • February 22, 2021
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Over 4,500 ASF-free hogs arriving daily in MM since Feb 8—DA

The average daily volume of hogs shipped from areas free of African…
  • February 18, 2021
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Duterte oks ‘in principle’ more pork imports; hog raisers get transport subsidy

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved “in principle” an increase in minimum access…
  • February 9, 2021
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Mindanao, Visayas hog farmers begin shipments to NCR

Two trucks each containing 130 heads of live hogs left Koronadal, South…
  • February 8, 2021
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PCCI pushes for calibrated pork importation

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry is proposing calibrated importation of…
  • February 5, 2021
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Econ Intel task force formed to run after hoarders, smugglers

The economic intelligence (Econ Intel) task force will initially go after unscrupulous…
  • February 4, 2021
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‘Hog lanes’ designated to guarantee pork, poultry supply amid ASF

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has designated the country’s nautical highway and the Maharlika Highway in Luzon as special hog lanes to guarantee unhampered transport of hog shipments from Visayas and Mindanao.
  • January 30, 2021
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Online delivery platform connects farmers, MSMEs to consumers

Deliver-E, an end-to-end logistics platform that aims to connect farmers and MSMEs…
  • December 14, 2020
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