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The results regarding animal welfare on pig farms in 2016 have been unsatisfactory.

The starting-up of the laboratories will allow to improve the regional productivity and to standardise the quality of pork, facilitating that the small producers can buy genetic material.

So far, 90 is the total number of farms affected by the disease since its appearance in February 2014.

The pig population increased by approximately 378,000, or 1.4%, from May 2017.

At a special meeting of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 3 January, a European Union request for authorization to suspend concessions or other obligations with respect to the Russian Federation in a dispute over import restrictions on pig products was referred to arbitration.

The regulation brings significant improvements and changes to the novel food authorisation procedure.

On 20 December 2017, the Council agreed its mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament on all three legislative proposals of the Animal medicines package.

This is the trimester with the best figures since official records of livestock production statistics began.

The agriculture sector grew 6.27 percent in the third quarter this year compared to the same period last year, with farmers’ income rising 3.68 percent from July to September.

In 2018, 100 million pesos shall be allotted to strengthen agrifood health and harmlessness programmes.

The livestock sector will contribute directly to 72% of the non-CO2 GHG emissions of agriculture in 2030.