Over P100 million worth assistance were provided to onion farmers as the national government pushes to stabilize its local production, the Department of Agriculture (DA) disclosed on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Onions (Photos courtesy of Pixabay) In a statement, the DA said the assistance package was in a...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized P6 million worth of misdeclared fresh white onions consigned to Silver Pop Dry Goods Trading at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) as a fresh wave of anti-smuggling efforts aim to prove the agency’s commitment to protect the country’s borders....
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The regional office of the Department of Agriculture here is doubling its efforts in assisting onion growers by inking an agreement with private storage facilities and a supermarket chain to address the problem of overproduction of onions that practically leads to...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has confiscated some P3 million worth of onions at the Port of Cagayan de Oro which are believed to have been smuggled into the country from China. Consigned to South Road Consumer Goods Trading, the shipment from China arrived in Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT)...
A second batch of smuggled red onions believed to be a part of an ongoing large-scale agricultural smuggling activity was recently intercepted at the Port of Subic. DEJA VU--Another shipment of onions worth P45 million--declared as chapati bread--were seized at the Port of Subic. (Photo courtesy of...
The Department of Agriculture (DA), together with other members of Sub-Task Group on Economic Intelligence (STG EI) of the IATF Task Group on Food Security, has seized P42-million worth of smuggled red onion in the Port of Subic Bay, which is feared to be part of the ongoing large scale...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has nodded to the P1.63-million research project to be conducted by the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) on the use of molecular sensors for early detection of onion diseases. (PIXABY) This was disclosed by DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T....
Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) and Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) have forged a joint research deal that targets to increase onion production in the Philippines as well as improve the local supply systems. A statement showed that SEARCA and...
