The Philippine Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have teamed up to encourage Dubai-based international investors to look at the Philippines as an agribusiness destination. Photo from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) According to the Department...
The Philippines targets to become the top exporter of coconut products to China, next to other ASEAN countries like Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. The 2020 China Coconut Oil Import Source Countries Statistics as reported by the Embassy of the Philippines in Beijing, the Philippines...
Farmers claimed they have been competing against smuggled agricultural produce from China and other countries for many years now, although the surge in smuggled vegetables was only highlighted recently. “Whether these smuggled carrots entered the country via technical smuggling at ports or open...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan There’s a school of thought that’s been going around agriculture circles for some time, and that the industry needs to be repackaged as “sexy” in order to attract practitioners and investors. The most common way I’ve observed this being done is through marketing...
A crop biotechnology center that will help enhance Philippine agriculture was inaugurated Thursday, Sept. 30 in Nueva Ecija, the Department of Agriculture (DA) disclosed on Thursday, Sept. 30. PH AGRI BOOST-- Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Agricultural Attaché Ryan Bedford...
The Philippines is seen importing more chicken meat until end this year despite declining demand, data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed. The latest forecast of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in Manila (Post) showed that the Philippines’ “chicken meat...
Lawmakers from the House of Representatives have called for an investigation, in aid of legislation, on the proliferation of smuggled carrots and other vegetables in local markets. (Pixabay) The Makabayan bloc compose of representatives of the Bayan Muna, Gabriela, ACT Teachers and Kabataan Party...
Jonjon Sarmiento, aka Farmer Jon, is a sustainable agriculture advocate, a community organizer, and a climate crisis activist. He is also the man behind Kuatro MariaS’ Agroecology Farm in Oriental Mindoro. The farm is named after his four daughters and the four elements, with the capital “S”...
Jonjon Sarmiento, more popularly known as Farmer Jon, is a community organizer, volunteer manager of the SALIKA Farmers Cooperative, and sustainable agriculture farmer and advocate. Aside from running Kuatro MariaS Agriecology Farm in Oriental Mindoro, he also launched Padyak Touro: Krisis sa Klima...
There has been a drop in the retail prices of fresh pork in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Wednesday, Sept. 29. (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Keith Bacongco) Latest data from the DA-Bantay Presyo Price Monitoring Unit showed that the prevailing price of kasim is now at P280...
Grundfos, a global leader in advanced pump solutions and water technology, will make available for farms in the Philippines its newest sustainable pumping solution powered by renewable energy. 35448 Recently, the Denmark-based firm introduced the SQFlex Large, an extension of its SQFlex Solar...
Tons of unsold tomatoes in Cordillera will reach Metro Manila next week in a bid to prevent further losses from local farmers, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. UNSOLD TOMATOES -- Tons of unsold tomatoes that are feared to be thrown away in Ifugao after non-arrival of buyers will be...
