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The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it has revived the inter-agency Livestock Data Analytics Group (LDAG) to help protect both producers and consumers amid “market volatility and supply fluctuations.”
In a statement, DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the LDAG’s function will be crucial for data-driven planning, forecasting, and creation of policies under DA Special Order (SO) 599, in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directives to ensure food security, accessibility, and affordability.
Under SO 599, the LDAG is expected to come up with supply and demand outlooks, trend analyses, and regular Livestock and Poultry Situationer covering reports on pork, chicken, egg, dairy, carabao, and milk.
The data analytics group, likewise, will collect and consolidate information on volume production, animal inventory, cold storage inventory, farmgate prices, and production costs.
The LDAG must coordinate with the Philippine Statistics Authority, commodity focal persons, as well as industry stakeholders and participants through regular consultation meetings, according to the SO.
Agriculture Undersecretary for Livestock Constante Palabrica and Assistant Secretary for Ruminant Livestock Benjamin Albarece will be LDAG co-chairpersons while National Livestock Program Deputy Director Noverlee Calub will be vice chairperson.
April 21, 2025/ Philippines News Agency/ The Philippines.
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