During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, food supply chains were disrupted due to border restrictions. The disruption worsened the food insecurity in Mexico City, a thriving metropolitan home to around 9.2 million people. The food supply problem pushed the people to reflect on how their...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a 3.4-kilometer farm-to-market road (FMR) in Pangasinan that will connect remote barangays to commercial neighborhoods. In his report to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan said the 3.4-kilometer FMR...
After successive contractions in the first six-months, farm output grew in the third-quarter of the year as production of crops, livestock, and poultry recovered, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Data released by the PSA on Wednesday, Nov. 9, showed that the value of production...
BALANGA CITY, Bataan (PNA) – A fire hit a multi-million peso poultry farm in an upland barangay here Saturday afternoon, Aug. 20, killing 50,000 chickens and leaving an estimated damage of more than P37 million. Elvira Tamayo, owner of the poultry farm in Barangay Upper Tuyo, said Sunday, Aug....
Filipino-American development worker and entrepreneur Michael Bryan P. Pascual, 35, grew up next to vast cornfields in Iowa, United States. “I had summer jobs where I counted plants or manually fertilized flowers,” he recalled. The young Pascual later made his way to San Francisco,...
Over P7.6 million worth of farm machines has been distributed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to nine agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) in Ilocos Norte in a bid to improve their yield and income generation. Hauling trucks (Photo courtesy of DAR) The distributed farm...
The country’s agriculture output shrank in the second-quarter, but the contraction moved at a much slower pace compared with the previous year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. The PSA reported on Monday, Aug. 8, that the value of production of the local farm sector, which accounts...
Bustanica Another historical milestone for UAE as Bustanica, which means your garden or orchard in Arabic, has unveiled the 330,000 sqft controlled farm facility making it the world's largest hydroponic farm. Bustanica is driven by powerful technology – machine learning, artificial intelligence...
A couple of lawmakers want President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to unveil his plans for peace and order, agriculture, national security, the economy, and farm-to-market roads in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25. Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez (left) and Negros Oriental...
Farmers slammed President and Department of Agriculture (DA) Chief Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s proposal to prioritize the implementation of farm-to-market network system, calling it a “magnet for corruption.” (Image courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) Marcos, on Monday, July...
Family-owned lots are generally special to families for various reasons. Some prefer to keep their spaces private and personal, while others welcome visitors into them. The family that runs Anahaw Coconut Farm and Resort (ACFR) had initially kept their property for exclusive use before deciding to...
JM Maminta, owner of Bunny Box Farm. Rabbit meat is not as mainstream as many rabbit farmers would want it to be. For rabbit raisers like JM Maminta, one challenge is how to get more people interested in consuming rabbit meat. To acquaint his neighbors in Minalin and Apalit of Pampanga with this...
