MANILA, Philippines 鈥 The Philippines will study the livestock medications used in the Czech Republic to improve local cattle farming and eventually engage in the trade of meat products.
Quoting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said the Department of Agriculture will communicate with Czech authorities regarding the livestock drug.
Marcos embarked on聽a . , March 16.
鈥淎ng interest natin diyan is of course the trade in meat products. Mayroon silang exportation ng beef. Ang sabi sa akin ni Secretary Kiko kanina, they have technologies 鈥 to make 鈥榶ung gamot para pagandahin ang lagay ng mga inaalagaan nilang livestock,鈥 the President told reporters in Prague, as quoted in the PCO鈥檚 press release.
(Our interest in that is of course the trade in meat products. They have exportation of beef. Secretary Kiko told me earlier, they have technologies 鈥 to make the medicine to improve the condition of the livestock they raise.)
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The President added that if conditions permit, the Philippines will not only procure the medicines but will also eventually produce its own livestock pill.
鈥So, that鈥檚 what we鈥檙e looking at鈥 So that we have our own source,鈥 he said in Filipino.
鈥淚t鈥檚 really in terms of trade (because) we don鈥檛 grow the same products, we do not have seasons like they have here in the Czech Republic. But in terms of livestock, I think鈥arami tayong makukuhang bagong (we could learn a lot of new) technology,鈥 he added.