The Department of Agriculture is looking into the cause of a spike in the price of pork products despite the usual drop in demand during the Holy Week season. | jordeenelagare /PDI
He said the government would expand the opening of more Kadiwa stall—government-subsidized low-cost stores—to slow down the rise in prices.
Estoperez said the spike may have also been caused by small hog raisers, who comprise the bulk of the country’s pork producers. Affected regions are Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Soccsksargen, Caraga Administrative Region, and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.Estoperez assured that the government is exerting all efforts to contain ASF, which first broke out in 2019.
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