Farmers will no longer need to rely on loan sharks or bad loans to make ends meet as the Department of Agriculture (DA) would provide up to P60,000 per farmer per cropping season, DA Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa said on Saturday, Sept. 14. (MB file photo) The official, who is a...
President Marcos assured the country's farmers that they would not be left behind in the government's plans to modernize the agricultural sector, renewing his commitment to supporting them in improving their livelihood. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said...
President Marcos announced on Thursday, July 11, that the provinces of Cavite and Rizal will get a total of P26 million in aid for the farmers and fisherfolk hit by the El Niño phenomenon. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. with Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel...
(Keith Bacongco/MANILA BULLETIN) Following the Palace-ordered tariff cut on rice imports, House Deputy Minority Leader and Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman says he is mulling the filing of a measure that would enhance the protection and...
A group of farmers called on the new Senate leadership to review the country’s trade performance during the first year of the country’s membership in the mega trade deal Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). In a statement, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) expressed...
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito on Thursday, lauded the Senate's ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Bill. The Senate ratified the bicam report on the measure on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. “Ang panukalang ito...
A farmers’ group has urged the government to sustain its support for crop insurance in view of El Nino and La Nina and likelihood of more severe weather disturbances in the coming years. The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) issued this statement following the recent issuance of Executive Order...
Celebrating women in agriculture. Women represent more than 30 percent of farmers under the Jollibee Group Foundation’s Farmer Entrepreneurship Program (FEP), which enables smallholder farmers to enhance their technical and business skills so they can improve their harvest and their livelihood In...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned the provincial government of Catanduanes over the P41.26 million paid for abaca suckers which were not delivered by the contracted supplier who simply gave cash to farmer-beneficiaries to source out the planting materials themselves. In its 2023 annual...
The Marcos administration is targeting to procure some 600 solar-powered containerized cold storage units to stop the post-harvest losses of farmers and fisherfolk and regulate the prices of produce despite weather disturbances. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo from the...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Facebook) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee is urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) to help register farmers and fisherfolk in the Registry System for the Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) to...
To enhance farm productivity and the agricultural sector, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is considering extending and enhancing the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF). Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. told reporters that they are finalizing proposals to refine the...
