DA’s fight against ASF

SWOT ANALYSIS – framework for identifying and analysing the internal and external factors that can
have an impact on the viability of the project.

Strength – describe what an organization excels at

(What do we do exceptionally well?)

(What advantages do we have?)
(What valuable assets and resources do we have)
(What do members identify as our strengths)

1. Campaign of DA officials that pork is safe (?)

2. Non-zoonotic disease (not
3. Partnership of DA with other agencies is disseminating information
4. Strict monitoring and quarantine
5. Quick Response Teams of DAR
6. Elimination of products in the market contaminated with ASF provided relief to consumers
7. Prohibition of the transport of life animals and meat products without health and shipping
permits
8. Proper process of slaughtering and preparation
9. Cooperation between DA and Hog raisers
10. Having biosecurity equipment that could prevent it from spreading

Weaknesses – stop an organization from performing at its optimum level

(What could we do better?)

(What are we criticized for or receive complaints about?)
(Where are we vulnerable)

1. Non availability of vaccine

2. Major loses for hog raisers
3. DAR cannot reach rural areas that has backyard pig farms
4. Miscommunication between DA and Bureau of Animal Industry
5. Some farms near contaminated areas were also eradicated of their hogs even though
they were not tested
6. Suspension of ground operations for farms in Rizal removed the livelihood of residents
7. Accusations among cabinet inside DAR brought confusion
8. Late identification of ASF could lead to elimination of whole hog industry in Central
Luzon
9. Economic sabotage for the P416-billion hog sector
10. It takes a long time for testing ASF since it is conducted and tested in another country

Opportunities – refer to favourable external factors that could give an organization a competitive
advantage. (opportunities and emerging trends)

1. Further research for prevention (may have)

2. Create a better understanding of epidemiology and socio-economic drivers for ASF
3. Raise awareness for other animal disease for prevention
 4. Created an opportunity for hog raisers from MIMAROPA to trade their products to other
provinces
5. Develop vaccine or medicine for ASF (may develop)
6. Apt assessment of failures could help them identify alternate solutions (may apt)
7. Strengthen capacity of veterinary (may strengthen)
8. To enhance biosecurity practices in all ports of entry and swine
9. Improvements on sanitation of hog raisers infected or not of the outbreak
10. Creation of an enabling environment to support safe, sustainable pig production

Threats – factors that have the potential to harm an organization.

Ex. Are weaknesses likely to make us critically vulnerable?

What external roadblocks exist that block our progress?
Significant change coming in out member’s sector?
Economic conditions affecting our financial viability?

1. Outbreaking disease
2. Misleading information by media could affect meat-processing companies
3. Can lead to more importation of hogs (which affects businesses about meat-selling)
4. Non-identification of all farms infected could lead to a disaster (what disaster? I think
first disaster is the generalization about all meats of pig are infected – which totally
affects the country’s economy)
5. Affects business of livestock consumer
6. Possible stoppage of hog exportation
7. Possible transfer of disease to other animals
8. Price increase of alternatives to pork
9. Prevention and control or eradication of ASF are complex and difficult
10. Unavailability of testing center In the Philippines