Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday lauded the House Committees on Appropriations and Food and Agriculture for approving the measure that seeks to use the annual rice tariff revenues in excess of P10-billion as cash assistance to farmers. Pangilinan said the move is timely and lawmakers...
Less than two weeks before the deadline of mass registration of coconut farmers, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), the lead agency tasked to implement the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act or Coco Levy Act, is now 41 percent complete in the validation of the National Coconut Farmers...
Philippines’ tuna and canning companies are eyeing expansion in India, which offers fishing areas that could yield up to additional 213,000 metric tons (MT) of tuna annually. During the India-Philippines Business Conference on Marine Fisheries and Aquaculture, Frabelle Fishing President Francisco...
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Brother John Castriciones has condemned the shooting incident that led to the wounding of two farmers in Barangay Dulangan, Pilar, Capiz. Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Brother John Castriciones (Photo courtesy of DAR) “The senseless...
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) has batted for a P15,000-subsidy for farmers and fishermen following the approval the House of Representatives on second reading the proposed Bayanihan 3, the government's third economic stimulus package. In a statement, the KMP called out the House of...
President Duterte is taking a “completely neutral” stance on the killings in Negros Oriental although he ordered government agencies to investigate the matter and “resolve these disputes in favor of the poor,” Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, May 25. President Rodrigo...
In a bid to cushion the impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on farming communities, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has initiated a vegetable farming project for farmers in Angono, Rizal. (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the DOST-Calabarzon...
Farmers in Pampanga will soon be providing food supply to the National Nutrition Council (NNC) to feed hundreds of malnourished children and pregnant women in Metro Manila. (File photo/Keith Bacongco/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has linked up the Sto. Tomas – San Luis...
Auro Chocolate is an award-winning Filipino chocolate brand that sources cacao beans from farmers in Davao. The company works directly with five cocoa-producing cooperatives and 50 individual farmers, representing over a thousand families. Read: Empowering local farmers through chocolate Ira...
Seeking to reduce famers’ cost in rice production, the Department of Science and Technology-Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) completed another research and development project aimed at improving the gear transmission system design of a riding-type rice transplanter....
The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) has questioned the plan of the Philippine government to ban the entry of rice imports during harvest season, a move that will supposedly serve as a compromise to Malacañang’s latest move to temporarily slash tariff on imported rice from non-ASEAN countries....
The government intends to halt rice importation during the local harvest season to help protect farmers, according to a Palace official. (File photo/Keith Bacongco/Manila Bulletin) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque explained that rice importation will only be carried out after the domestic harvest...
