SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) resumed providing insurance to swine in municipalities in pink zones or adjacent to the municipalities affected by the African swine fever (ASF) in Antique province.
In an interview Tuesday, PCIC Antique province head Clogene Galuego said they started in the towns of San Jose de Buenavista, Patnongon, Tobias Fornier, and San Remigio on June 3.
‘As of today, there are already insurance applications for 12 swine heads from San Jose de Buenavista submitted to our office,’ he said.
The enrollment for insurance stopped on June 21, 2023, following the confirmation of the four suspected cases of ASF in Hamtic town on June 5 of the same year.
Galuego said swine raisers from Patnongon, Tobias Fornier, and San Remigio should coordinate with their respective Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) for applications.
The free insurance is given to swine raisers registered with the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA).
‘Farmers co
uld register their swine breeders up to 10 heads while the fatteners up to a maximum of 20 heads,’ Galuego said.
He said from Aug. 2023 to Feb. 2024, PCIC released about PHP13 million to cover around 1,400 swine mortalities due to ASF.
Source: Philippines News Agency
