Senatorial candidate Joseph Victor “JV” Estrada said he would push for the revival of the sugar industry once he gets a fresh term in the Senate in the May 2022 elections. Ejercito said he hopes to strengthen the Sugarcane Industry Development Act and the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, both...
BACOLOD CITY - The provincial government of Negros Occidental is pushing for a network of connectivity for markets and products to further boost the agriculture sector and help farmers in the country. The province opened a five-day “Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita” at the Capitol Grounds here on Monday,...
Team Agribon, Shell NXplorers 2019 winner, exhibited the creativity and ingenuity of young Filipino talent when it showcased its concept and plans for an AI-powered agricultural drone in the recent 2021 Japan Super Science Fair (JSSF). The student team from the Philippine Science High School –...
Award-winning coffee, chocolate from PH featured at Lao Food Festival MABUHAY The Philippine booth at the Lao Food Festival Award-winning coffee and chocolate from the Philippines took center stage at the Philippine booth in the Lao Food Festival, which started Jan. 25 at the Chao Anouvong Park in...
If elected, presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and aspiring vice president Sara Duterte-Carpio will establish more "bagsakan" and "bulungan" system or trading posts in the country to give Filipinos access to lower agricultural products. Both Marcos Jr. and Duterte-Carpio noted...
Smart, together with the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Training Institute (DA-ATI), is modernizing agriculture through the Digital Farmers Program or DFP. The ladderized capacity-building program aims to enable smallholder farmers to use the internet and different mobile technologies...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan The textile industry can become a key player in the agriculture industry, and the Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) is leading the way. The PTRI is a research and development institute, one of seven, under the Department of Science and Technology. They conduct...
The sheer volume of smuggled and misdeclared fruits flooding the country’s wet markets has reached alarming proportions, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda has stated. Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda2 Salceda, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Made, expressed dismay over the unabated...
A total of 51 agriculture groups – composed of farmers, fishers, and producers – have joined forces to sign a petition against the mega trade deal, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The groups think the deal will result in further “import surges, price depressions, and...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) should file charges against four companies that are known to be “repeat offenders” of agricultural smuggling in the country. Senator Risa Hontiveros made the call as she pressed Customs officials to submit an investigative report on why repeat violators of smuggling...
The country’s total agricultural trade reached $5.93 billion during the third quarter of this year, increasing at an annual rate of 14.8 percent amid the continuously increasing imports. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that during the third quarter of 2021, agricultural...
Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and running mate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III have vowed to unmask the personalities behind the multibillion-peso smuggling of agricultural products into the country even in their remaining five months...
