DAVAO CITY – This city is laying down plans for a uniform food security program anchored on a city-owned rice mill and creating an agricultural industrial zone, following a recent meeting with acting Mayor Sebastian Duterte. Councilor Ralph Abella, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture,...
Senator Raffy Tulfo urged the new leadership of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) to clean up the agency, particularly its Accreditation Unit, which screens and approves brokers handling the country’s agricultural imports and exports. During the Senate Committee on Agriculture hearing on Monday, Sept....
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday, September 1 pushed for the full implementation of the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act saying the continuous failure to uphold the law undermines the country’s food security and emboldens criminal networks to profit at the expense of the...
Malacañang has assured the public that the government did not offer Philippine agricultural products as concessions in the “still ongoing” negotiations with the United States to lower tariffs on local exports. Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Secretary...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revised upward its forecast for global rice production by 300,000 metric tons (MT) amid higher rice output in the Philippines. In its latest report on world grain markets and trade, the USDA credited the high yields from the Philippines for...
The Philippines will see a slight improvement in its rice production in the upcoming marketing year (MY) as the government’s support programs for the sector—including the sale of subsidized rice—are now starting to pay off, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In a...
The Philippines, the world ’s top rice importer, is expected to purchase a record-high volume of rice in the upcoming marketing year (MY), as the country sees continued growth in consumption, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In its latest “Grain: World Markets...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said he is open to shifting the importation of key agricultural goods to the United States (US) from other countries, as part of the government’s strategy to reduce the reciprocal tariffs imposed on Philippine goods. A delegation of...
photo: CIDG Police arrested four foreigners after they yielded around P1.7 million worth of smuggled onions during an operation in Mexico, Pampanga over...
Russia is looking at increasing its agricultural cooperation with the Philippines, particularly in importing agricultural products such as avocado, banana, seafood, and meat, Russian Ambassador to Manila Marat Pavlov said on Wednesday, April 23. Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov...
Reelectionist Senator Francis Tolentino expressed belief that government support for the promotion of Filipino-made products must include protection of agricultural lands which are vital to domestic industries. Tolentino pointed this out after he was asked how the government could...
The Department of Agriculture’s Inspectorate and Enforcement (DAIE) unit seized smuggled agricultural commodities worth ₱2.83 billion in 2024, nearly a billion more than the previous year’s total. Over the 12-month period, the DAIE conducted a total of 71 operations. This...
