Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar believes that the local agriculture sector has managed to survive its recent hardships by grabbing the various opportunities for innovation that has come its way. DA Secretary William Dar (Photo courtesy of DA) Dar said the country’s...
The United States (US) is funding two separate agriculture projects in the Philippines with combined investment of P1.6 billion. In a letter to Philippine Agriculture Secretary William Dar, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack said his agency is committed to making...
T he Department of Agriculture (DA) wants agri- entrepreneurship to become the "new normal" in agriculture, so to speak, in a bid to open more doors to local farmers and fisherfolk while maintaining the country’s food supply stability. DA Secretary William Dar/ File photo/ Photo courtesy of DA)...
The Philippines and the United States (US) will continue to work together amid the pandemic in building new markets for their respective farmers via climate-smart production systems, the Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) said. (DA Secretary William Dar/ File photo/ Photo courtesy of DA)...
It may have taken some time since the alleged kickback scheme in pork importation was exposed, but Agriculture Secretary William Dar is more certain now that the Department of Agriculture (DA) has nothing to do with this so-called tongpats scandal. During a recent senate hearing, Dar denied any...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured the Philippines will have adequate food supply for the rest of 2021, even as some producers face mobility restrictions amid the implementation of another enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in some parts of the country....
Farmers want representation in the Coco Levy’s Trust Fund Management Committee, which is the legally mandated committee tasked to decide on the disposition of the P100-billion worth of coco levy fund and assets. In a statement, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) called on the Duterte...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been strongly urged to withdraw its proposal to reduce the tariff on pork imports as well as increase the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) allocation while the investigation on alleged “tongpats” is ongoing. Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) Chairman...
Despite the persistence of COVID-19 and African Swine Fever (ASF), the Department of Agriculture (DA) is still bent on pursuing a nearly 3 percent growth target for the Philippines’ agricultural production for this year. In a statement, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the DA will continue...
The Philippines temporarily banned the importation of poultry products coming from the Russian Federation, which was recently hit by the dreaded bird flu or H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). This was contained in Department of Agriculture’s (DA) memorandum order (MO) no. 17, which...
It will soon be easier for local hog raisers who are insured at the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) to claim insurance or indemnification after being hit by the dreaded African Swine Fever (ASF). Photo by MA Albert Estoya. This, after the PCIC Board of Directors approved the proposal...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is now pushing to further expand the minimum access volume (MAV) allocation on pork to 404,210 metric tons (MT) from the current 54,000 MT, a proposal that has already been sent to President Rodrigo Duterte for approval. On Tuesday (Feb. 16), Agriculture Secretary...
