House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Speaker’s office, Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Committee on Appropriations Chairman Zaldy Co have high hopes for the newly-signed New Agrarian Emancipation Act, particularly in terms of boosting the...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman believes that "cooperative competition" among local farmers can help them become prosperous. As such, the veteran lawmaker filed House Bill (HB) No. 230, or the “Farmer Coopetition Act". The bill seeks to foster cooperation among competing farmer...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said Monday, August 1, that it has approved the release of subsidy to rice farmers affected by the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). In a statement, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) amounting to P8.05 billion...
The Department of Agriculture (DA), headed by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. in a concurrent capacity, is looking into the possibility of implementing the “Masagana 150” program which aims to harvest 150 cavans of rice per hectare of land. A similar program, dubbed “Masagana...
Senatorial candidate and former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said he would have voted against the passage of the Rice Tariffication Law had he been elected a senator in 2019. In an interview with ANC’s Headstart, Ejercito said he would not have supported the Rice Tariffication Law...
More than 38,000 rice farmers and their dependents nationwide have finished various Rice Extension Services Program (RESP) training programs in 2021, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Monday, Feb. 7. 64421 TESDA Secretary Isidro Lapeña that a total of 38,517...
The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has joined the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the distribution of cash grants to Nueva Ecija rice farmers under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmer Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA). The RCEF-RFFA program aims to provide unconditional...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has targeted an unprecedented hybrid rice area of 1.2 to 1.3 million hectares for crop year 2022 after a lull in planting amid the pandemic. Frisco M. Malabanan, DA rice program consultant, said at least 700 hectares of hybrid rice are being readied for the bumper...
Farmers have asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority (NFA) to immediately provide more large-capacity mechanical grain dryers to help them during this palay harvest season, which is facing the onset of La Nina. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said in a...
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) has distributed farm machines worth P439.8 million in Leyte, benefitting 131 qualified farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) from 38 municipalities and cities of the province. The P439.8-million worth of...
Farmers are seeking a Senate probe on the rising cost of fertilizer despite the supposed government interventions to bring down farm inputs in the country through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF). (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Kilusang Magbubukid ng...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is "strongly objecting" to the appeals for President Duterte to recall his executive order (EO) that reduced the tariffs of imported rice, saying its benefits would outweigh the revenues that the government will lose. (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The...
