The Department of Agriculture to review dairy law to boost Philippine milk production

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Published Mar 15, 2024

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) in the Philippines is set to review the National Dairy Development Act of 1995 to increase the country's milk production. The review will focus on the law's provision that mandates commercial milk processors and domestic dairy cooperatives to agree on the volume of locally produced milk to be absorbed by the commercial sector. The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) has proposed that the DA enforce a rule requiring commercial milk processors and traders to source at least 5% of their total requirement from local producers. This comes as the Philippines imported $1.6 billion worth of milk, primarily in powdered form, from Australia, New Zealand, and the US in 2022.

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Thursday it is planning to review the dairy industry law in a bid to boost the country's milk production.In a news release, the DA said Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. had a meeting with the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI), during which he said that the Agriculture Department will review Republic Act 7884 or The National Dairy Development Act of 1995.The DA will look particularly into the law’s provision requiring commercial milk processors and domestic dairy cooperatives to agree on the volume of locally produced milk that will be absorbed by the commercial sector.The agency said a specified volume would have been determined three years after the passage of the act or by 1998.However, despite the passage of the law, domestic production has remained low at less than 1% of annual demand.“We will draft a measure that will activate the provision of the dairy law,” said Tiu Laurel.For its part, the PCAFI ...

Source: Gmanetwork