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On Monday, broiler producers in this area urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to relax restrictions on importing frozen chicken meat in light of the current oversupply scenario, causing the local poultry industry’s sales to decline.

To solve issues and broaden prospects for producers, the DA was making efforts in this province to create a Regional Value Chain Analysis of the poultry industry at the same time as the call.

According to Gregorio San Diego, chairman of the United Broilers Raisers Association (UBRA), the current market oversupply is making it counterproductive for domestic growers to permit the nearly unrestricted export of chicken meat.

“It is unnecessary to oversupply the market with imported chicken because we (local poultry farmers) can easily produce the amounts required for home consumption. Additionally, he added that many of these (the imported chicken) have been frozen for months or even years, but local buyers are unaware of this.

The municipal livestock coordinator for Odiongan, PJ Montoya, stated that several of the town’s poultry farmers had expressed concern about competition from chicken imports, who can sell their goods for less money.

These observations were made last week during focus group discussions (FGDs) that the Odiongan Municipal Agriculture Office and the DA’s Philippine Rural Development Project – Mimaropa jointly held with the town’s poultry entrepreneurs over two days.

According to the town official, the government wants to learn what methods and technologies poultry producers employ to stay competitive in the modern food production environment.

He claimed that the information gathered from these FGDs would benefit the DA and its provincial counterparts in developing measures to boost the livestock industry.

In Filipino, Montoya added, “It (FGD) helped us learn their sentiments, as well as their strengths and weaknesses.”

Odiongan, a second-class municipality in Romblon, relies heavily on its developed swine and poultry industries to support its economy.

For his part, San Diego argued that imported chicken may be sold for less money than domestically produced poultry since it is typically excess from nations whose poultry industries receive government subsidies.

The UBRA head claimed that decreased retail prices for dressed chicken had not resulted from chicken importation.

According to San Diego, “chicken farm gate prices today can range from PHP87 to PHP96 per kilo, but retail prices still range from PHP180 to PHP200 per kilo.”

Poultries of all sizes are members of the UBRA, a national association of poultry breeders.

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