Over 100 ASF-hit hog raisers in Leyte get P4.9-M financial aid

TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), has released P4.9 million in cash indemnification to 116 hog raisers in Silago, Southern Leyte, to help them recover from losses caused by the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak that devastated the town’s swine industry last year. The