The one-time financial assistance that the Senate directed the Department of Agriculture (DA) to provide to rice farmers amid the declining prices of palay would not be enough, a group of rice farmers said. (MB file, Keith Bacongco) Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) National Manager Raul Montemayor...
Getting helpless over the Senate version of the proposed Coco Levy Act, coconut farmers will attempt to seek for the intervention of Senator Bong Go, the longtime aide of President Rodrigo Duterte, about the “unfavorable” provisions of the proposed bill that sought to release the P100-billion...
The Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) has resulted in the retrenchment of hundreds of employees in the National Food Authority (NFA) and the removal of the government's power to regulate rice prices, but the state-run grains agency is making it clear that they are not in favor of calls to amend the law....
Farmers are seeking the intervention of lawmakers for the declining prices of palay, which was triggered by several factors including the National Food Authority’s (NFA) limited capacity to procure rice as well as traders’ decision to delay their purchase in anticipation of more imported rice...
From its original request of a P280-billion annual budget for next year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) may only end up with P129 billion for 2021, already including the portion of the stimulus package it has been requesting supposedly for this year. Agriculture Secretary William Dar...
Farmers usually make an income from their harvests. Especially now with more health-conscious individuals, their products are able to reach various markets all over the country. However, there are certain times such as natural disasters and diseases, when farmers would have to turn to other...
The Bureau of Customs further stepped up its campaign against rice smuggling even amid the coronavirus pandemic by conducting raids on warehouses suspected of storing illegally imported stocks of the grain in response to reports by concerned citizens. Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo...
As the prices of palay sank to as low as P12 per kilogram (/kg) in some areas, Senator Risa Hontiveros agreed there is a need to amend the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) and promised to convince the law's author and fellow senator, Cynthia Villar, about it....
To fully transform the agriculture sector, the Department of Agriculture (DA) must be given a higher budget, ideally more than P100 billion, that is proportional to the sector’s contribution to the country’s total gross domestic product (GDP), a top DA official said. Farm workers thresh rice...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The producers of highland vegetables from the province of Benguet received more than P35 million worth of agriculture inputs to boosts the vegetable industry in the province. Geared towards the development of vegetable industry in Benguet, the Department of Agriculture...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - The Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 1 (DA-RFO1) through its, Rice Banner Program has readied hybrid rice seeds to replace the matured rice seedlings of the farmers, who have delayed transplanting due to limited water supply in the fields. This is to...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte -The provincial government of Ilocos Norte had launched the buy-farmer products program to help the farmers sell their products amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, a total of 143 farmers were able to sell their fruits and vegetable products through the buy-farmers’...
