The construction of the first first-border inspection facility in the Philippines, which should prevent the entry of animal diseases in the country, is yet to start more than a year since the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced such a plan. Outgoing Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) Director...
Wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), together with the Department of Agriculture's (DA) Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), has provided a free and extensive online learning course on farming basics. This, according to Smart, should help more Filipino farmers...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) allocated P161 million of agriculture interventions to rice farmers in Caraga region for CY 2021. DA 13 Regional Technical Director (RTD) for Operations Rebecca R. Atega said that the bulk of intervention for this year is dedicated to the non-Rice Competitiveness...
Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the drop in the agriculture sector’s contribution to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 was “negligible” and even took this as a sign of recovery for the sector. Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Department of Agriculture...
Hit by calamities in 2020 A “perfect storm” – comprised of a series of typhoons, COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, the persistence of African Swine Fever (ASF), among other unfortunate scenarios – has challenged the agriculture sector in 2020, bringing down the total full-year output at -1.2...
An aquaculture firm is now awaiting the approval of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) for its unsolicited proposal to breed and harvest fish and other seafood products in Pantabangan Dam, one of the largest dams in Asia. This, while the advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan started pushing for...
The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) is asking President Rodrigo Duterte to authorize limited importation of up to 50,000 metric tons (MT) only at zero tariff at zero. MB file (Photo by Keith Bacongco) This developed as the group was not convinced by the proposal of the...
Even if the implementation of a price freeze on farm commodities from November to December failed to stop the cost of pork and chicken from rising, the government is still keen on resorting to the same strategy, which is hoped to be finalized within the week. In a virtual briefing on Monday,...
The Philippine government is hoping to end the more than a decade of non-compliance with the Agri-Agra Act, which requires private banks to lend a portion of their funds to farmers and fishermen. This, as the government finally issued the amended implementing rules and regulations (IRR)...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said it has fully awarded its 28-day bills offered at P100 billion. The BSP securities auction received P162.80 billion tenders on Friday, lower than January 15’s P167.25 billion bids. The BSP bills fetched a lower average rate this week of 1.6362 percent...
Go green, go local ! Sustainable living has evolved from being just a fad to a collective movement which some Filipinos have seriously embraced. For those who have included adapting to a zero-waste lifestyle in their list of new year’s resolutions, here’s a quick list of local products that can...
The Department of Agriculture's (DA) National Tobacco Administration (NTA), which currently operates a state-owned meat processing facility in Ilocos Sur, will set aside P10 million to augment the facility's operations. This, according to DA, is hoped to help stabilize the supply and price of pork...
