Is the Philippines capable of meeting its own need for fish and seafood? Atty. Asis Perez, former Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Director, said yes. Perez spoke at the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food, Inc. (PCAFI) roundtable on August 5, 2022 as a representative of the...
African Swine Fever (ASF) has caused significant damage and alarm to the Philippine hog industry since its first reported case in the country in September 2019. In the succeeding years, it has brought massive losses to hog raisers as the virus continues to spread. Seeing the damages of the...
The Department of Agriculture has chosen Sarangani province as pilot area for Soccsksargen Region in the new nationwide collaborative program called Provincial-led Agriculture and Fishery Extension System (PAFES), with a P 226 Million funding from the national government for marginalized farmers...
The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 8 (DA-RFO 8), a report from the DA-RFO 8 has distributed the needed rice seeds and fertilizers to the farmers in Eastern Visayas for this cropping season, a report from the DA-RFO 8, based in this city said. Francisco Rosaroso DA-RFO 8...
BUTUAN CITY – Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, farmers nowadays need not be at the mercy of private traders offering low buying of palay as the government through the Department of Agriculture-National Food Authority (DA-NFA) intensified its “Palay-Buying” to increase farmers’ income, DA 13...
Livestock raisers in Antique province were able to market 1,350 hogs valued at ₱12 million to four institutional buyers in the National Capital Region (NCR) from the second week of July up to recently. The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Sibalom, Antique together with the Sibalom Livestock and...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The producers of highland vegetables from the province of Benguet received more than P35 million worth of agriculture inputs to boosts the vegetable industry in the province. Geared towards the development of vegetable industry in Benguet, the Department of Agriculture...
CAGAYAN -The Regional Field Office No. 02 (RFO 02) is eyeing Capalutan Small Water Impounding Project (SWIP) in Allacapan, Cagayan as Farm and Fisheries Clustering and Consolidation Program a possible pilot area. Regional Executive Director Narciso A. Edillo pushing the Municipal Local Government...
BAGUIO CITY -- Amidst the price drop of cruciferous vegetables in the province of Benguet, the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera (DA-CAR) unfurled a plan that is expected to arrest the problem from worsening in the coming days. The monitored price for cabbage, this year, is generally good with a...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte - High-value crops’ farmers in Ilocos Norte have received inputs from the Ilocos Norte government as an aid for increasing their productivity in the next cropping season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 2,500 bags of organic fertilizers, 2,000 bags of calcium...
BUTUAN CITY - The Army’s 403rd Infantry (Peacemaker) Brigade received farm equipments in an effort to further develop the agricultural sector in some conflict-affected areas in Bukidnon province. The agricultural equipment includes three units of McCormick C110 Max tractors with 100 horsepower...
