SINUPORTAHAN ng isang agricultural group ang pagdedeklara ng state of calamity sa San Miguel, Iloilo dahil sa outbreak ng African Swine Fever (ASF).
Sinabi ni Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) Executive Secretary Jayson Cainglet na mabibigyan ng sapat na pondo ang lokal na pamahalaan para labanan ang ASF.
“The declaration of the state of Calamity in San Miguel, in Iloilo is simply to equip the municipal and provincial governments with all the resources at their disposal to combat the further spread of ASF,” sabi ni Cainglet.
Idinagdag niya na hindi apektado ang suplay ng baboy sa kabila ng pagdami ng kaso ng ASF.
“The volume of the pigs culled is minimal to the overall stock of local hogs. These is no significant impact as to the supply and prices of pork as we approach the holiday season,” sabi ni Cainglet.
Nagbabala naman si Cainglet na posibleng may pagsamantala sa sitwasyon.
“There will be elements that may try to take advantage of this declaration. Processors have long abandoned the local hog industry so there is should be no impact to the prices of ham and other processed meat,” dagdag ni Cainglet.
