The Department of Agriculture (DA) has blamed the restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic for its unspent ₱9.8-billion cash allocation for farmers around the country last year. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) "The root cause of the unobligated amount is due to the...
The country’s food producers – farmers, fishermen, and livestock raisers – are now facing the worst crisis in years. This was declared by United Broiler Raisers’ Association (UBRA) President Bong Inciong during the Farmers and Fisherfolks Congress on Friday. According to Inciong, the...
Now that the budget for 2022 is being prepared, President Rodrigo Duterte was asked by the private sector to issue an Executive Order (EO) to mandate local government units (LGUs) to allot a higher budget for their respective agricultural development. This request came up in anticipation of LGUs...
Amid COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and lack of support in the livestock sector, which contributes more than 14 percent to the Philippines’ total farm output, it is unlikely for the agriculture sector to recover soon and achieve the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) growth target by the end of...
The Indian government has extended $50,000 worth of assistance to the Philippines' corn sector and has even initiated a bilateral exchange on agricultural technology with the Philippine government. Photo by Gaspar Uhas on Unsplash During the general membership meeting of the Philippine...
The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) asked the Senate to draft a mandate requiring local government units (LGUs) to set aside 10 percent of their annual budget for the agriculture sector once they start receiving their higher internal revenue allotment (IRA). During PCAFI’s...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been formally asked by its legally mandated arm for stakeholders' participation, Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), to withdraw its petition to lower import tariff rates on pork. Instead, PCAF is proposing for the government to allow the...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will not withdraw its proposal for tariff reduction on pork and rice imports despite the growing number of groups – including farmers, raisers, advocates – opposing such a move. When asked if he will consider the possibility of withdrawing DA’s proposal,...
As palay prices continue to go down and the alleged entry of tons of smuggled corn began eating up a portion of the domestic demand, Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) asked the Philippine government to immediately implement safeguard measures for the producers of the...
Members of the Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI), the largest group of feed millers in the Philippines, has intensified its local corn buying, so far purchasing 133,500 metric tons (MT) of the staple during the peak harvest season. Photo by Milada Vigerova on Unsplash. The local...
