PCIC, NMIS Caraga urge hog raisers to insure pigs By Venus L. Garcia
To safeguard the interests and investments of local hog raisers and industry players, Dr. Bernadette Montenegro, action officer of the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) Caraga, and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation is encouraging them to avail of the regular livestock insurance program. This is in support to the Department of Agriculture’s (DA’s) effort in recognition of the urgency of the situation the hog industry is currently in especially with the seasonal prevalence of the African swine fever (ASF). Backyard and commercial swine raisers are urged to have their stocks insured, as these insurance packages will help protect their livelihoods in case their farms are affected by the ASF. Dr. Montenegro also underscored during a virtual briefing on Swine Mortality Insurance hosted by the DA-Caraga on Friday the need for immediate depopulation of pigs infected by the ASF to control the spread or even completely eradicate the ASF in the region. She also urged the hog raisers and traders to cooperate and not to sell
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live or dead pigs or pork products infected with the said viral disease. Hog raisers can apply for insurance online on the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) website or visit any of its regional offices, provincial extension offices, and service desks. “Hog raisers must take advantage of the government’s free insurance coverage which is part of DA’s broader goal under the hog repopulation program,” said Dr. Montenegro. The intended beneficiary-participants of the Swine Repopulation Insurance Program of the DA-PCIC are backyard Caraga INFOCUS
