THE Department of Agriculture (DA) should establish a monitoring system for chicken imports to aid local raisers from tough competition amid excessive importation, the United Broilers and Raisers Associationn (UBRA) said on Monday.

During its recent meeting with Agriculture Secretary William Dar and officials from the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc, UBRA urged the DA to put in place a system for data monitoring of Customs Bonded Warehouse (CBW) of chicken imports.