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Taiwan Quick Take: COA expands coverage

The Council of Agriculture (COA) will expand an insurance program against pig death this year in a bid to reduce the possibility of pig farmers selling pigs that have died of illness for human consumption, officials said yesterday. The program, which was launched in Yunlin and Taichung counties on a trial basis last year, will be expanded to Changhua, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung counties and Hsinchu, Taichung and Tainan cities this year, with the goal of having 2 million swine covered by the provision, officials said. The premium for each pig is NT$21.6, with the government and pig farmers contributing 70 percent and 30 percent respectively. The coverage is NT$1,200 per pig, while the compensation ceiling is 15 pigs for every 1,000 pigs insured, according to the COA. A total of 619,803 pigs in Yunlin and Taichung counties were covered by the policy last year, officials said.

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