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Cases / Disease outbreaks · Philippines · 2021

Philippines raised African swine fever pig indemnification in 2021, ABS-CBN reported

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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 5 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

ABS-CBN reported in 2021 that the Philippines increased indemnification for hog raisers hit by African swine fever. The sources reviewed do not verify the per-head amounts, payment totals or herd losses.

What?
The Philippines increased compensation for pigs culled in the African swine fever outbreak ABS-CBN
Where?
Philippines ABS-CBN
When?
2021 ABS-CBN
Who?
Gained
  • Hog raisers — indemnification for culled pigs, reported as increased in 2021 ABS-CBN
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Government indemnification for culled pigs; amounts not verified in the sources reviewed ABS-CBN
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

ABS-CBN reported in 2021 that indemnification for hog raisers affected by African swine fever had been increased.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: indemnification per head rose from 3,000 to 10,000 pesos.
    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: by November 2021, 48,530 producers had been paid 1.697 billion pesos for 379,420 pigs.
    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: the herd fell 24.1% in one year, and 3.08 million pigs were lost, with 4.7 million affected according to producers.
    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: the programme compensated about 12% of herd loss, or about 8% of producers' estimates.
    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: official culling accounted for about 1% of herd loss.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Press and investigations

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