P1.5B realigned budget ng DA, malaking tulong sa pagtugon sa ASF

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00:00 A big help for the Agriculture Department is the 1.5 billion pesos fund that was re-aligned with the government

00:07 to be used to buy vaccines against African Swine Fever or ASF.

00:12 According to Undersecretary Victor Savellano,

00:16 80% of the 10 million population of pigs should be vaccinated to use herd immunity in the swine population of the country.

00:25 Currently, there are applicants for vaccines and they are already under testing.

00:30 When all the protocols are approved, they will recommend buying vaccines.

00:36 In a forum organized by StratBase ADR Institute,

00:39 Savellano said that the target of the DA was to increase the local food production of livestock in the country five times in 2028.

00:47 It's okay if they are able to re-align, but we have to prioritize.

00:54 There are many who need it.

00:56 And of course, if there is a fund and whoever is going to approve the vaccine,

01:08 it will be a big help.

01:09 But they have to go to the protocol for testing.