MANILA - Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday opposed the Department of Agriculture’s plan to increase poultry imports amid a supply glut in local market.
In a statement, the lawmaker slammed the agency’s move to limit local production of poultry to give way to foreign producers.
“The farm sector is the economy’s savior and safety net, and a job generator amidst massive layoffs. The only way for the food industry to absorb the unemployed is for it to increase and not decrease its yield,” he added. He said supply would last for a minimum of 160 days and a maximum of 314 days. Food sufficiency level is estimated between 136 percent to 183 percent.
He added, “And why should an agency whose sole mandate is to boost food production advise Filipino chicken raisers to scale down their output to give market space for dressed chicken coming from abroad?”
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