Fazekas Sándor: the decline in the pig population has stopped

The decline in the pig population has stopped in Hungary in the past few years, now the pig population is around 3.2 million again – the Minister of Agriculture said in Derecske.

Fazekas Sándor, Minister of Agriculture said that the consumption increasing effect of the reduction in the VAT (from 27 to 5 percent) can already be felt.
The Hungarian government will give an additional 1.15 billion HUF in 2016 to continue the pig strategy – the Ministry of Agriculture informed. (MTI)