A group of farmers are wary of the potentially devastating impact of Typhoon Odette on agriculture production and has asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) to prepare early work to mitigate potential losses. In an advisory, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said the DA, together with...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has faced delays in paying suppliers and merchants in Ilocos region that participated in the government’s voucher system, which provided fertilizer subsidy to rice farmers. A statement from the DA revealed that as much as P100-million worth of fertilizer...
A group of farmers welcomed the call of Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) to increase the local production of fertilizers amid the rising cost of this farm input. In a statement, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said such a call from FPA contradicts the importation stance of the...
The provision of “ayuda” or assistance and economic aid to sectors affected by the pandemic must be made mandatory, a farmers’ group said. Residents of Manila receive P4,000 cash assistance from the national government at Jose Abad Santos High School in Binondo, Manila on Aug. 11, 2021....
Farmers have asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority (NFA) to immediately provide more large-capacity mechanical grain dryers to help them during this palay harvest season, which is facing the onset of La Nina. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said in a...
Filipino farmers are now in "deep debt" following the devastation caused by Typhoon Maring while still coping from the combined impacts of the African Swine Fer (ASF), depressed palay prices, and skyrocketing cost of farm inputs. The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said this situation has...
Opposition presidential aspirants are urged to undo the Philippines’ reliance on imported food, which was allegedly worsened by the pro-importation policy of the Duterte administration. “Public servants especially at the national level must address the most basic need of Filipinos: food. Yet,...
' The damage that Severe Tropical Storm Maring has brought to the country’s agriculture sector has already breached the P1-billion mark, incurring more production losses and damaging thousands of hectares of agricultural areas. Latest report from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster...
The damage that Severe Tropical Storm Maring has brought to the country’s agriculture sector has breached the P1-billion mark on production losses and thousands of hectares of agricultural areas flooded. Latest report from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster Risk Reduction and...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is setting aside P822 million to bankroll various interventions that will ease the suffering of farmers and fishermen affected by Severe Tropical Storm Maring. Maring has caused damage to major crops, livestock, and fishery products, mostly in Northern Luzon....
Local farmers will continue to suffer from low palay prices due to typhoons and continuous entry of cheaper, imported rice.
“Palay prices are expected to remain low in the coming weeks with the cumulative effects of typhoons and importation even during the harvest season,
Farmers claimed they have been competing against smuggled agricultural produce from China and other countries for many years now, although the surge in smuggled vegetables was only highlighted recently. “Whether these smuggled carrots entered the country via technical smuggling at ports or open...
