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Meeting with Egg Industry Stakeholders (January 25, 2023)

Author: DA-AFID | 27 January 2023

On January 25, 2023, Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban met with egg industry stakeholders from Calabarzon and Central Luzon to address the challenges affecting the sector and identify strategies to ensure the stable supply and prices of eggs. The DA and the egg industry stakeholders agreed to closely work together and come up with a proposal for the sector by next week.

The undersecretary was joined by Assistant Secretary for Operations Arnel De Mesa and DA-Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) Director Paul Limson.

The meeting was also attended by AGAP Partylist Representative Nicanor Briones and representatives of the Batangas Egg Producers Cooperative (BEPCO), Minalin Poultry and Livestock Cooperative (MIPOLCO), Philippine Association of Breeder Layers, Inc. (PABLI), Philippine Egg Board, and the Egg Council of the Philippines. (text by Gumamela Bejarin/photos by Alan Jacalan, DA-AFID)