Although it has a shoreline of 36,000 kilometers, the Philippines imports 93 percent or 550,000 metric tons of salt for its requirement. “We should look at the salt industry as an added income source to fishermen during the dry season and the possibility of exporting Philippine sea salt,”...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, January 18 called for the creation of an agricultural information system (AIS) to deter price manipulation of basic food items such as onion, which has recently seen record high levels. Gatchalian said having an AIS in place could prevent any artificial...
A FLOODED rice field in Zamboanga City. ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Office of the City Agriculturist on Tuesday, Jan. 17, reported that crops worth P106.4 million were destroyed due to flood caused by strong rain here on Jan. 11. It said 2,791.79 hectares of farm lands were affected by bad weather....
by RALPH LAUREN ABAINZA From stews to salads, onion is a staple ingredient in many Filipino dishes. It is no wonder that the exponential increase in the price of onions in the past few months is a heated national issue. Photo: Goh Rhy Yan/Unsplash Due to a variety of factors, like the series of...
Most of us tend to store the fruits and vegetables we buy from the market in the refrigerator, believing that all products will last longer and keep fresh until they are consumed. In reality, fruits and vegetables have different ideal storage conditions to ensure longevity and freshness. Proper...
"You are killing us!" Romel Calingasan, a municipal agriculturist in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, made the emotional accusation at officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for allowing the importation of onions while the harvest season for onions is underway. Onions are left to rot on the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, January 16 urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to heed President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s call to expand support for onion growers by boosting the government’s assistance for irrigation, and co-financing cold storage facilities to help...
Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials should give premium on arresting big-time smugglers and not punishing ordinary Filipinos grappling with the soaring prices of agricultural products in the Philippines. Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito pointed this out on...
(Photo by Mikhail Nilov/Pexels) Microgreens is a term gaining popularity in the culinary and health-conscious community. As food prices are rising, we need to look for an easy and alternative way of producing our food. Microgreens are tiny, young plants from edible herbs and vegetables. The...
# Heading Paragraph [Hyperlink](https://www.agriculture.com.ph) Photo caption (Credit) More body A market vendor shows off the size of imported onions selling for ₱350 a kilo in Libertad Market. In a senate hearing, it was found out that three farmers from Bayambang, Nueva Ecija, committed...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who also heads the Agriculture department, gave the go signal for his administration’s “calibrated importation” of onions to address its surging prices in the market but protect farmers at the same time. Red onions (Photo courtesy of Pixabay)...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. believes that the government has made "some very serious progress" since he assumed the role of being the Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary. In a recent interview with China's state-run news channel CGTN, Marcos said the government "was very worried" that there...
