In the culinary industry, sourcing quality ingredients is equally important as the preparation of meals in the kitchen. Knowing this, chefs Jay Angeles and his wife Ana Maria, 31 and 28 respectively, ventured into farming with the intent to cultivate their own produce that they can use for their...
While the decline in the country’s pork production is already a given amid the persistence of African Swine Fever (ASF), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a surprising outlook on the Philippines’ chicken production, which it said might go down despite the assurance of the...
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...
Exporters and labor groups yesterday scored the Duterte administration on the way they’re handling the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Plus issue with the EU stressing the offensive statements will not do the country good especially to roughly 600,000 workers who will be affected if the...
Agriculture Secretary William Dar has assured the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations leading global efforts to defeat hunger in developing countries like the Philippines, that there's nothing to worry about the country despite the COVID-19 pandemic....
Both the farmgate and retail prices of the country’s main staple food palay and corn are on a downtrend, which is bad news for farmers but good news for consumers. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that farmgate price of palay fell further during the first week of...
Banana, one of the biggest agricultural export commodities of the country, is now causing problems at the Department of Agriculture (DA), with Agriculture Secretary William Dar starting to seriously worry about something local exporters raised three months ago: “we’re losing our market...
Some farmers in Nueva Ecija have been tapped to supply agricultural products for the "milkybun" production that aims to feed hundreds of schoolchildren in the province. The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has signed a partnership agreement with the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) to implement a...
About P400 million budget will be set aside for the Philippine government’s program to encourage Filipino households to plant their own food program, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. In a statement, the DA said it is allotting P400 million under the “Bayanihan to Recover As One Act”...
Mindanao is planning to restrict the entry of imported agricultural products, including rice, as one of the strategies to restart the region’s economy during the pandemic. Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Chair Emmanuel Piñol (MARK...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - Farmers and fishermen who are affected by COVID-19 pandemic in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have received the cash and loan assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the social amelioration programs (SAPs). The DA’s SAPs is comprising of...
As the prices of palay sank to as low as P12 per kilogram (/kg) in some areas, Senator Risa Hontiveros agreed there is a need to amend the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) and promised to convince the law's author and fellow senator, Cynthia Villar, about it....
