CPF Philippines earmarks P300M for Tarlac poultry expansion
By: Jordeene B. Lagare | October 12, 2026
MANILA, Philippines — Charoen Pokphand Foods Philippines Corp. (CPFPC) is spending up to P300 million to expand a poultry farm in Tarlac.
The local unit of Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Co. Ltd. is amending its environmental compliance certificate (ECC) for a breeder poultry farm in the town of Pura to reflect CPFPC as the new farm operator and to add project components.
Furhemore, CPFPC explained that a broiler breeder farm raises parent-stock hens and roosters to produce fertile hatching eggs. Hatcheries receive these deliveries, and then broiler farms use them to supply commercial meat chicken.
In addition, the project team estimates that the proposed expansion will cost approximately P250 million to P300 million, covering permits, buildings, and other facilities. They aim to complete it by 2027.
“The project supports the government’s efforts to ensure food security and alleviate poverty by creating jobs and helping to utilize unproductive agricultural lands. It will, in effect, lessen the conversion of agricultural land to dwellings,” CPFPC said in its submission to the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
“In terms of economic development, the project will be able to provide direct and indirect employment opportunities. The project will directly create permanent jobs during its operation and indirectly generate numerous related jobs during both the construction and operation phases,” it added.
At the same time, this involves expanding capacity to 120,000 birds from the current 80,000 birds, as well as building four additional units of tunnel-ventilated buildings. It will use state-of-the-art poultry-farming technology to reduce adverse environmental impacts.
Meanwhile, the firm will also build drainage, road systems, and other auxiliary facilities such as power and water supply systems, along with buildings and other components during the construction phase.
The EMB will conduct a public scoping on Oct. 15 in Pura, Tarlac, as part of the environmental impact assessment process, giving the project proponent an avenue to discuss project-related issues and concerns. /pai
Source: INQUIRER.net