CEBU CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Central Visayas through its Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) has linked the Dumalan Farmers' Association, Inc. (DUMFA) of Dalaguete, Cebu to the Ulay Agro Industrial Enterprises (UAI), a Cebu City based vegetable trader/buyer in...
Typhoon Quinta flattens a banana plantation in Dayap, Pola, Oriental Mindoro when it made its fifth landfall before heading to the West Philippine Sea on Oct. 25, 2020. Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi, in his concurrent capacity as Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security (CORDS) for...
Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is now promoting sustainable livelihood by supporting AgriTalk, a program of the Department of Agriculture's (DA) Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) and Agriculture Magazine. The virtual training series, made in collaboration with DA, ATI, Agriculture...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will withdraw nearly P800 million from its Quick Response Fund (QRF) to assist farmers, fishermen, and livestock raisers that were severely affected by Typhoon Quinta. Typhoon Quinta flattens a banana plantation in Dayap, Pola, Oriental Mindoro when it made its...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will attempt to facilitate the shipment of as much as 30,000 hogs from Visayas and Mindanao to Luzon in order to address what it calls “artificial” price increase of pork being experienced now in Metro Manila. The weekly shipments will commence next week...
Typhoon Quinta already left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), but its damage to the agriculture sector is still rising. As of late Wednesday, Quinta's damage and losses on agri-fisheries, particularly in Regions I, IV-A, V and VI, already amounted to a total of P401.73 million, data from...
With fall armyworm (FAW) continuously infesting farms across the country, corn farmers are facing a bigger problem than declining farm-gate prices. The infestation’s estimated loss in the economy? Around P20 billion. A statement showed that the government now sees a P20-billion economic...
BAGUIO CITY – Sixteen farmers from Cordillera region participated the “Farmers Produce” market outlet caravans provided by the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera (DA-CAR) partnered with Resto PH was launched today, October 22 at SM City Baguio. Jerry Damoyan, chief of the...
Despite the latest warning of the Brazilian government to file legal cases against the Philippine government before the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Department of Agriculture (DA) is determined to keep the disputed import ban on poultry meat coming from the South American country. Department...
In addressing the continuous decline in palay prices, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) is asking the government to follow the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) and impose safeguard duties on rice imports instead of resorting to decisions such as the proposed suspension on the issuance of sanitary...
DA readies cash assistance to farmers The farm-gate price of palay continues to drop during the fourth week of September, with prices in some areas still below the breakeven price farmers had spent for the last planting season. The good news is that the Department of Agriculture (DA) was recently...
Local food producers across all agricultural sectors – palay, corn, hogs, poultry, and fishery – have complained about a sector-wide crisis being experienced now in agriculture, which they said was triggered by low farm-gate prices, falling production, and lack of government support. In a...
