Rehab plan for ASF affected hog raisers ready
A rehabilitation plan to help backyard hog raisers in Pangasinan whose pigs were culled as part of the protocol against African Swine Fever (ASF) to help recoup their loses is being readied by the Department of Agriculture (DA) Ilocos regional office during the first quarter this year.
Erlinda Manipon, DA-1’s regional technical director for operations, said aside from the Php5,000 indemnification fund per head of culled pigs, the backyard hog raisers in Mapandan and Bayambang will be given a choice of either three cows or 13 free-ranged chickens.
She clarified, however, that cows will only be made available to those that have a pasture land where the cows could feed themselves otherwise, they will be given the chicken package that will consist of 11 hens which are ready to breed and two roosters.
Manipon said DA will train the beneficiaries on how to raise cows and the chickens.
Meanwhile, the affected families can already avail of P30,000 loan assistance without interest and payable in three years.
The DA is already set to buy 699 heads of cow worth P25.9 million and 3,664 heads of free-ranged chicken worth P1.83 million for the affected families in the two towns. (Helen Martin)
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