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                    [Title] => Hog farmers hail Yap appointment as jobs czar
                    [Summary] => The National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc.(NFHFI)  hailed President Arroyo’s decision to create the Office of the Presidential Adviser for Job Creation (OPAJC) and to appoint former Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap as its head.

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[DatePublished] => 2005-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 299605 [Title] => Hog farmers launch scholarship program [Summary] => The National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc. (NFHFI) will launch on Dec. 9 a scholarship program dubbed "Send a Scholar ng Farmer" at the Manila Pavilion.

Guests at the launching include former Sen. Wigberto "Ka Bobby" Tañada, former DA and DTI Undersecretary Ernesto M. Ordoñez and former UP Los Baños Chancellor Dr. Ruben Aspiras. The three have agreed to advise the orgbanization on its 2006 to 2009 program to strengtrhen and benefit industry stakeholders, backyard and commercial hog farmers.
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Yap said the program’s main objective is to institute a pork post-production system that ensures safety, economy, efficiency and environmental soundness in all aspects of the meat and pork supply chain.
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Albert R.T. Lim Jr., NFHFI president, said their group strongly believes in the sincerity and dedication of the senator to uplift the plight of the local hog raiser as well as small traders in the country.

"We believe that the swine industry can be a positive force for rural development, food security ad national growth but this can only be realized if we receive appropriate support and protection from the government," Lim said.
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National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc. (NFHFI) president Albert R.T. Lim Jr. explained that the temporary hog shortage could be traced to the shift from chicken to pork by consumers over the bird flu scare.
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The bill calls for a ban on importation of animals and meat products from countries and sources listed as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)-risky by the Office des Epizooties (OIE), the world’s primary animal health safety organization.
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The move to import corn was taken following the spate of calamities that destroyed corn crops from Luzon thus creating a projected shortfall of about 300,000 metric tons of necessary feeds of poultry and hog raisers.
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                    [Title] => Hog farmers hail Yap appointment as jobs czar
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Guests at the launching include former Sen. Wigberto "Ka Bobby" Tañada, former DA and DTI Undersecretary Ernesto M. Ordoñez and former UP Los Baños Chancellor Dr. Ruben Aspiras. The three have agreed to advise the orgbanization on its 2006 to 2009 program to strengtrhen and benefit industry stakeholders, backyard and commercial hog farmers.
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Yap said the program’s main objective is to institute a pork post-production system that ensures safety, economy, efficiency and environmental soundness in all aspects of the meat and pork supply chain.
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Albert R.T. Lim Jr., NFHFI president, said their group strongly believes in the sincerity and dedication of the senator to uplift the plight of the local hog raiser as well as small traders in the country.

"We believe that the swine industry can be a positive force for rural development, food security ad national growth but this can only be realized if we receive appropriate support and protection from the government," Lim said.
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National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc. (NFHFI) president Albert R.T. Lim Jr. explained that the temporary hog shortage could be traced to the shift from chicken to pork by consumers over the bird flu scare.
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The bill calls for a ban on importation of animals and meat products from countries and sources listed as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)-risky by the Office des Epizooties (OIE), the world’s primary animal health safety organization.
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The move to import corn was taken following the spate of calamities that destroyed corn crops from Luzon thus creating a projected shortfall of about 300,000 metric tons of necessary feeds of poultry and hog raisers.
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