Bacolod City has allocated P10 million for cash indemnification to African Swine Fever (ASF)- affected hog raisers, while Bago City has set P8 million to aid those whose animals have died from hog cholera.
Acting Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson signed Executive Order 022 Series of 2023
establishing the guidelines for the granting of cash indemnification to ASF-affected hog raisers in Bacolod City on Monday, June 5.
He said P10 million has initially been allocated for the purpose.
As compensation for the losses incurred due to the mandatory culling/depopulation of pigs in ASF hit areas, the Bacolod City government is granting cash indemnification for the affected hog raisers, in the following amount: P3,000 per head for piglets from 0 up to 3 months old, P5,000 per pig raised for fattening above 3 months above 3 months to 5 months, and 7,000 per head for breeders/boars 6 months old and up, the EO states.
Bago City headed by Mayor Nicholas Yulo has also allocated P8,000 to assist hog raisers whose pigs have been affected by hog cholera.
Hog raisers with 1 to 4 dead pigs will receive P3,000, 5 to 10 – P5,000, and 11 and above – P8,000, the Bago City government announced Tuesday.
Sayson, in his EO, said ASF is a highly contagious hemorrhagic viral disease with very high mortality rates affecting pigs but harmless to human health.
A number of cases of ASF infections were reported in certain areas of Bacolod City, and in order to prevent its spread there is a need to implement quarantine and depopulation protocols set by the Department of Agriculture and other related agencies, he said.
“The City is cognizant of the great economic loss that will be affecting the city’s hog industry and is prepared to take steps in order to support and assist our local hog raisers and mitigate the economic loss these ASF infections will bring to our city’s hog industry,” Sayson said.*