President Marcos has declared October of every year as National Agriculture and Fisheries Extension Services Month. (MB File Photo) Marcos made the declaration through Proclamation No. 753 dated Nov. 22, 2024. According to the President, the observance of National Agriculture and Fisheries...
President Marcos vowed to revive his later father's agricultural reforms, citing the need for a whole-of-nation approach to address the issues in the agri-fishery sector, which he claimed suffered years of neglect. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang file photo) Marcos said this...
A total of P202.5 million worth of onions and other agri-fishery products from Hong Kong, China were seized in separate operations at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) in January 2023 alone. (Photos courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) In a recent report from the Department of...
Alarmed by the decline in the country’s agri-fisheries production, fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged the administration to “take immediate action” and appoint a competent agri chief. Citing the Philippine Statistics Authority’s data,...
Other local government units (LGUs) should take inspiration from Bohol as far as crafting programs for the local agriculture and fishery sectors ar concerned, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar said. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) "This is exactly what we want...