DA Caraga capacitates LGUs, media partners on ASF Another batch of ASF Prevention and Control virtual forum was held on June 24-25 for the four remaining local government units (LGUs) in the province of Agusan del Norte and media partners from the four provinces of the region. The virtual forum hosted by the DA- Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Section (RAFIS) aims to strengthen information dissemination and public awareness about the diehard virus, especially in the LGUs, elaborating also the role of every barangay on the prevention and containment of such virus is detected. On June 24, SB Members, Punong Barangays, Barangay Committee Chairperson in Agriculture, Municipal Agriculturists, and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Operation Officers from the Municipalities of Jabonga, RTR, Tubay, and Santiago in Agusan del Norte participated the forum.
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On June 25, media partners including the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) provincial managers in the four provinces attended the event.
ensure that hog raisers will be encouraged to report affected pigs and to halt the spreading of the virus.
Moreover, swine raisers in the Caraga region are encouraged to avail the Presenting the Swine Mortality free insurance coverage Insurance of the Philippine of PCIC by registering to Crop Insurance Corporation the Registry System for (PCIC), Insurance Underwriter Basic Sectors in Agriculture of PCIC – Northern (RSBSA) and visiting their City/ Mindanao Ernesto Chavez Jr. Municipal Agriculture Office underscored the necessity of to fill up the PCIC Livestock availing the free insurance Application Form and filled coverage of PCIC on or some necessary documents. before June 30, 2021, since it will be a safety net for The virtual forum is one of the the swine raisers especially efforts of the Regional ASF with the rising ASF cases Task Force, spearheaded in the region. Without by its communication team the insurance, the swine to intensify awareness and affected will no longer be strengthen cooperation accommodated. among agriculture stakeholders in the region. As per Memorandum from This is in coordination with the the Agriculture Secretary Department of the Interior William D. Dar, hogs culled and Local Government due to the ASF starting July (DILG)-Caraga, Provincial 1, 2021, will be shouldered Veterinary Office of Agusan only by the PCIC. The payout del Norte, National Meat for every pig that contracts Inspection Service (NMIS)ASF has doubled from the Caraga, and the PCIC – original P5,000 to the current Northern Mindanao. (DA P10,000. This is one way to Caraga/PIA Caraga)
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