Sen. Imee Marcos has filed a resolution seeking to investigate the National Food Authority's (NFA) "highly suspicious" P93.75-million sale of 75,000 bags of rice stock to two traders. In filing Senate Resolution No. 940, Marco expressed alarm that the NFA has "completely lost its way" amid a...
Sen. Cynthia A. Villar renewed her call against agricultural smuggling to protect the country's local hog producers, pushing for Congress to finish the bicameral conference on the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Bill. Villar made the statement as she recently attended the National Federation of...
Sen. Cynthia Villar said on Friday, March 1 that the Senate will investigate allegations that the National Food Authority (NFA) sold thousands of tons of rice to certain traders at a price disadvantageous to the government. "Mag-iinvestigate kami dyan, kasi I have personal experience with regards...
(MANILA BULLETIN) As El Niño continues to wreak havoc on the country's agriculture sector, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro prodded Congress to shift its efforts to discussing ways to mitigate the devastating heat. Castro questioned the National...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Department of Agriculture successfully conducted cloud seeding in collaboration with the Philippine Air Force and the Bureau of Soils and Water Management to ease a dry spell caused by the El Niño in the Cagayan Valley region. CLOUD seeding was conducted in Region...
Senator Francis Tolentino is keen on putting the spotlight back on so-called "agricultural schools" in a bid to incorporate the youth in optimizing the agricultural, fisheries, and aquaculture sectors. In his regular DZRH show on Saturday, Feb. 24, Tolentino spoke with Department of Agriculture...
The Bureau of Plant Industry (BOI) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) disproved claims that excessively smuggled onions from Holland to Cagayan de Oro affected the local market prices. Arnold Dela Cruz, BOI Region X officer-in-charge and regional manager debunked on Saturday, Feb. 24, the...
Prices of some foods, particularly imported, are starting to increase again in February after posting declines last month as local products become the cheapest option, government data showed. The common staple well-milled rice was pegged at P56.21 per kilogram, coming from the prices of P55.42 and...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) discussed how the Philippine agri-fishery sector could improve food security and the economy. During the bilateral meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, DA Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. and...
Canada has launched its most ambitious program in the Indo-Pacific, with the Philippines as the headquarters of its operations. Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay led on Wednesday, Feb. 21, the opening of the Indo-Pacific Agriculture and Agri-Food Office, which will serve as a hub for...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Economists, industry leaders, and lawmakers expressed their support for the removal of restrictions on foreign investments on the rice and corn industry in a bid to boost food security and productivity in the country. During a roundtable...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is keen on tapping the services of Sun & Earth Microbiology LLC, a company based in Florida, to address pest infestation in local mangoes in the country. Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. said on Wednesday, Feb. 21, that the DA expressed...
