More than three million farmers have been benefiting from the country's coconut expansion project which earns $2 billion every year, an official of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) disclosed on Tuesday, March 14. In a “Laging Handa” briefing, PCA Deputy Administrator Roel Rosales...
Through its Aquaculture Research and Development Division (ARDD), the Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) is now implementing a research project to validate Central Luzon State University's (CLSU’s) aquashading technology. The technology aims...
Two container vans containing P40 million worth of smuggled poultry products were seized at the Subic Port, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Monday, March 13. In a statement, the agriculture department said the containers were consigned to the Abucayan Business and Trade. The DA said...
Senator Imee Marcos has no interest or plans in becoming the Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary. Marcos, elder sister of President Marcos, however, thanked those who endorsed her but emphasized that she was voted as senator where she could help the agriculture sector through legislation and...
For a Filipino, a meal is not complete without rice, so much so that our country is among the world’s top rice consumers. Even with this high demand, the equation seems off — our country, which was once the world’s top rice producer, is now among the top importers surpassing Japan and the US....
Malacañang said that the Department of Agriculture (DA) has started developing a "strategy plan" to promote planting hybrid seeds on 1.5 million hectares of rice land during the dry season. FARMERS in Western Visayas are set to receive in-bred rice seeds for wet season planting. (DA-6) The Palace...
To address production problems amid the dry season, a strategy plan is now being developed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to promote the planting of hybrid seeds to 1.5 million hectares of rice land during the dry season. Rice (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) In a recent press briefing,...
Aiming to strengthen his organization's longstanding collaboration with the Department of Agriculture (DA), newly-appointed country representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) Lionel Henri Valentin Dabbadie vowed to help boost the Philippine rice sector and food...
The government has allotted P1 billion fund for farmers under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) program, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) disclosed, Thursday, Feb. 16. FARMERS in Western Visayas are set to receive in-bred rice seeds for wet season planting. (DA-6)...
The government has set aside P177.78 million to fund its attempt to stop the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in the country as what President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ordered. (Photo courtesy of DA) The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI)...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has made several new appointments in the Department of Agriculture (DA) and in the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) major service commands. Malacañang released the list of new appointees on Thursday, Feb. 16. The new appointments in the DA, which the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, February 16 questioned the Sugar Regulatory Administration's (SRA) plan to import 440,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar saying the agency should explain why they need such a huge volume. Hontiveros aired her concern following the reported release of Sugar Order No....
