Pilmico Empowers Mindanao Hog Raisers with Padayon Gihapon Ta (Let’s move forward) Partner Seminar  

Pilmico Animal Nutrition Corporation (Pilmico) recently launched the “Padayon Gihapon Ta Partner” Municipal Seminar to support backyard hog raisers in the livestock industry. The seminar aims to encourage raisers to persevere (“Padayon”) despite the threats of African Swine Fever (ASF) by teaching the proper implementation of biosecurity measures and offering repopulation training to improve their businesses.

The series of seminars will take place throughout the year in various locations across Mindanao. Different teams from Pilmico such as Marketing, Technical, and Sales will conduct the “Padayon Gihapon Ta Partner” seminar series.

This collaborative effort highlights Pilmico’s promise of being a total solutions provider, offering comprehensive support to raisers through expert guidance, practical training, and continuous engagement. Pilmico continues its commitment to promoting resilience and sustainable growth in the agricultural community by equipping hog raisers with essential knowledge and skills.

Featured image shows Pilmico Territory Business Manager Harlene Reuyan, along with APS, in one of the seminars held at Makilala, Cotabato.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1: What is the “Padayon Gihapon Ta Partner” seminar and who is it designed for?
“Padayon Gihapon Ta” — meaning “Let’s Move Forward” in Cebuano — is a municipal seminar series specifically designed for backyard hog raisers across Mindanao. Targeting smallholder farmers who operate outside the commercial swine sector, the program addresses the practical challenges these raisers face, particularly the ongoing threat of African Swine Fever. Rather than a single event, it is structured as a year-long series across multiple locations, ensuring consistent engagement with farming communities throughout the region rather than a one-time intervention.

Q2: Why is African Swine Fever the central challenge this seminar series addresses?
ASF has been one of the most devastating threats to the Philippine swine industry, causing widespread herd losses and forcing many smallholder raisers to exit the sector entirely. Backyard hog raisers — who typically operate without the biosecurity infrastructure of large commercial farms — are disproportionately vulnerable. Without proper knowledge of disease prevention protocols, a single outbreak can eliminate an entire backyard herd and the livelihood it represents. Equipping these raisers with practical biosecurity knowledge directly addresses their most pressing risk at the farm level.

Q3: What specific knowledge and skills do participants gain from the seminar?
The seminar covers two core areas: proper biosecurity implementation to prevent ASF entry and spread, and repopulation training to help raisers rebuild their herds after losses. Biosecurity guidance addresses the practical farm-level measures — sanitation, visitor control, movement restrictions, and early detection practices — that reduce disease exposure risk. Repopulation training gives raisers a structured pathway back to productivity after an outbreak rather than leaving them without a recovery plan. Together, these two components address both prevention and resilience within the same program.

Q4: Why does deploying Marketing, Technical, and Sales teams together strengthen the seminar’s impact?
Each team brings a distinct capability to the seminar floor. Technical specialists provide credible, science-based guidance on biosecurity and animal health. Sales teams understand the practical commercial realities raisers face and can connect knowledge to product solutions. Marketing teams ensure the program is communicated clearly and consistently across locations. Deploying all three together means participants receive integrated support — not just a product pitch, not just an academic presentation, but a cohesive engagement that connects knowledge, practical application, and ongoing business partnership in the same room.

Q5: What does a year-long, multi-location seminar series signal about effective rural agricultural outreach?
A single seminar in one location reaches a small number of farmers once. A structured series rolling across multiple municipalities throughout the year creates sustained engagement, allows lessons from early sessions to improve later ones, and builds brand presence and trust progressively within farming communities over time. For smallholder raisers who make decisions based on trust and demonstrated commitment rather than advertising, consistent physical presence across their communities is a more credible signal of genuine partnership than any promotional material could provide.